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Special Offer (December 2007) Centennial of Ahmed Adnan Saygun:
This year Ahmed Adnan Saygun, the arguably most famous Turkish composer of the 20th century, would have celebrated his centennial. His studies in Paris in combination with his research on traditional Turkish music formed the basis for his own style which was pathbreaking for a European influenced contemporary Turkish music. Saygun, who was born in Izmir, received a scholarship from the Turkish state at the age of 21 which enabled him to spend three years of study in Paris. Here he was introduced to the French impressionism and met composers like Charles-Marie Widor. He studied composition with Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum and harmonics and contrapunctal studies with Eugène Borrel.
After his return to Turkey, Saygun began his research on Anatolian folk music. The culmination of these studies was an expedition together with Béla Bartók that led them into the different regions of Anatolia to collect and transcribe folk songs. This research proved to be a pioneering effort for his own compositions. Turkish folk music with its melodies in particular, its irregular metrical patterns and forms of dance was a tremendous inspiration for Saygun. During the thirties he experimented with compositions of different genres and wrote two operas commissioned by Ataturk. But it was his oratorio "Yunus Emre" premiered in 1946 which marked his international breakthrough. Saygun was the most important of the "Turkish five", the first generation of Turkish composers, and a composer who had an exceptional range of chamber and orchestra works to his credit.
HARRASSOWITZ has compiled the following list of works by Ahmed Adnan Saygun published by Southern Music Publishing and Peer.
Music for orchestra
Symphony no. 1. For small orchestra, op. 29. Study score. New York: Southern Music Publishing, 1967. EUR 16.50 HARR ID 075020724 Symphony no. 2. For orchestra, op. 30, 1957. Score. New York: Southern Music Publishing, 1971. EUR 23.50 HARR ID 075020725 Symphony no. 3, op. 39, 1961. Score. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 1987. EUR 78.00 HARR ID 075020727 Symphony no. 4. For orchestra, 1974. Score. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 1987. EUR 60.50 HARR ID 075020728 Symphony no. 5. For orchestra, op. 70, 1984. Score. New York; Hamburg: Peer, 2006. EUR 69.00 HARR ID 075020730 Deyis (Dictum). For string orchestra, op. 49. Score. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 1987. EUR 26.00 HARR ID 075020682
Concertos for solo instrument and orchestra
Piano concerto no. 1, op. 34, 1952-1958. Score. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 1987. EUR 55.50 HARR ID 075020686 Piano concerto no. 1, op. 34, 1952-1958. Piano reduction. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 1987. EUR 24.50 HARR ID 075020687 Piano concerto no. 2, op. 71, 1989. Piano reduction. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 1990. EUR 18.50 HARR ID 075020688 Viola concerto, op. 59. Piano reduction. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 2006 EUR 33.50 HARR ID 075020731 Violin concerto, op. 44. Score New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 2006. EUR 36.00 HARR ID 075020733
Piano music
Anadolu'Dan = From Anatolia, op. 25. New York: Southern Music Publishing, 1957. EUR 15.50 HARR ID 075020679 Sonatina, op. 15. New York: Southern Music Publishing, 1957. EUR 16.50 HARR ID 075020696 Suite, op. 2. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 1987. EUR 18.50 HARR ID 075020722 Ten etudes on Aksak rhythms, op. 38. New York: Southern Music Publishing, 1969. EUR 30.00 HARR ID 075020683 Twelve preludes on Aksak rhythms, op. 45. New York: Southern Music Publishing, 1969. EUR 24.50 HARR ID 075020692
Chamber music
Partita for violin alone, op. 36. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 1964. EUR 17.00 HARR ID 075020684 Partita for violoncello alone, op. 31, 1955. New York: Southern Music Publishing, 1960. EUR 17.00 HARR ID 075020685 Sonata for violoncello and piano, op. 12, 1935. Score & part. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 1961. EUR 24.00 HARR ID 075020694 String quartet no. 1, op. 27. For 2 violins, viola and violoncello. Parts. New York: Southern Music Publishing, 1974. EUR 27.50 HARR ID 075020698 String quartet no. 2, op. 35. For 2 violins, viola and violoncello. Parts. New York: Southern Music Publishing, 1961. EUR 34.50 HARR ID 075020700 String quartet no. 3, op. 43. For 2 violins, viola and violoncello. Parts. New York: Southern Music Publishing, 1974. EUR 34.50 HARR ID 075020721 Suite for violin and piano, op. 33. Score & part. New York: Southern Music Publishing, 1964. EUR 23.50 HARR ID 075020723 Three preludes for two harps, op. 50. 2 playing scores. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 1987. EUR 37.50 HARR ID 075020689 Trio for oboe, clarinet in A and piano, op. 55. Score & parts. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 2006. EUR 29.50 HARR ID 065016198 Wind quintet. For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, op. 46, 1968. Score & parts. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 1987. EUR 55.50 HARR ID 075020734
Oratorio
Yunus Emre. An oratorio in three parts. For soloists, mixed chorus and large orchestra, op. 26. Vocal score. New York ; Hamburg: Peer, 1969. EUR 36.50 HARR ID 075020735 |
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