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On Cantemir’s Treatise Kìtâb-i Ilmül Müsîkî ala Vech’l-Hurûfât [The Book of the Science of Music According to the Alphabetic Notation]
On Cantemir’s Treatise Kìtâb-i Ilmül Müsîkî ala Vech’l-Hurûfât [The Book of the Science of Music According to the Alphabetic Notation]
Author(s): Walter Zev FeldmanSubject(s): Cultural history, Music, 18th Century
Published by: Editura Universității Naționale de Muzică din București
Keywords: musical notation; Ottoman music theory; taksim;
Summary/Abstract: Prince Demetrius Cantemir (in Turkish Beyzade Kantemiroğlu, 1673- 1723) was a renowned polymath of Moldavian origin. In addition to his other skills and accomplishments, he was a major composer of Ottoman music as well as a performer on the long-necked tanbur. The title of Cantemir’s treatise on music from ca. 1700 is “The Book of the Science of Music According to the Alphabetic Notation” (Kìtâb-i Ilmül Müsîkî ala Vech’l- Hurûfât).
Journal: Musicology Today: Journal of the National University of Music Bucharest
- Issue Year: 12/2021
- Issue No: 45
- Page Range: 53-57
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English