AN ISTANBUL INSTRUMENT EXHIBITED AS “EUROPEAN LUTE” IN MUSIC MUSEUM OF VENICE Cover Image

VENEDİK MÜZİK MÜZESİ’NDE “AVRUPA LAVTASI” OLARAK SERGİLENEN BİR İSTANBUL ÇALGISI
AN ISTANBUL INSTRUMENT EXHIBITED AS “EUROPEAN LUTE” IN MUSIC MUSEUM OF VENICE

Author(s): Ufuk Güler
Subject(s): Music, Modern Age, 17th Century, The Ottoman Empire, History of Art
Published by: İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi, Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Fakültesi
Keywords: Instrument making; Turkish instruments; European lute; museology of music; history of instrument;

Summary/Abstract: The Music Museum in Venice, Italy, (Museo Della Musica di Venezia), is a detached museum where examples of Italian Instrument Making are usually exhibited. The musical instruments exhibit in museum consist of the personal collection of Artemio Versari, the Italian musician and historian. This collection, which involves mostly violin family instruments, includes a small number of winds with plectrums, such as lutes and mandolins. In the museum, a lute dating to the 17th century draws attention similarity to the Istanbul lutes with its ornamental features as well as its structural. It is also seen that the instrument, which has no label and therefore the maker and date of manufacture are unknown, underwent some changes afterwards. In this article, information about the museum and Artemio Versari is given and the possibility that the instrument may be a lute made in Istanbul is discussed.

  • Issue Year: XI/2025
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 309-320
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Turkish
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