Preface Introduction Part I 1. Organization a. The Multiple Meanings of the Word Mehter b. The Multiple Roles of Mehters c. The Inclusion of the Musicians in the Mehterhane: from Nevbethane to Mehterhane 2. Legacy a. The Mehters and the Janissaries: problems in the reconstruction of the musician mehters b. The European Legacy of the Musician Mehters: Mendelssohn's cymbals 3. Music a. The Colorful World of the Musician Mehters 1. The Official Musician Mehters 2. The Unofficial Musician Mehters b. Style, Melody, Polyphony and Modernism 1. Harbi 2. Zurna 3. Boru 4. New Techniques for New Mehter Music Part II a. Styles Specific to Official Mehter Music b. Composers of Official Mehter Music c. The Mevleviyye and the Mehteran d. The Unofficial Musician Mehters e. Contemporary Mehter Music f. CD Content 1- Neva Taksim 2- Neva Ceng-i Harbi 3- Ceng-i Harbi 4- Tahir Semai-i Harbi 5- Pisrev-i Hammali (Fahte-i Harbi 6- Pisrev-i Benefsezar (Duyek-i Harbi) 7- Segah Karabatak Pisrev 8- Neva Pisrev 9- Ferahfeza Mevlevi Ayini Son Pisrev 10- Ferahfeza Mevlevi Ayini Son Yuruk Semai 11- Hunkar Pisrevi 12- Irak Semai 13- Yayla Karsilamasi 14- Beyati Turku 15- Pehlivan Havasi 16- Ey Gaziler 17- Ottomanist (Ussak Saz Semai-i Harbi) 18- Rast Fantezi Bibliography Illustrations and Musical Scores Mehterhane-i Hakani Notalari Index
Preface Introduction Part I 1. Organization a. The Multiple Meanings of the Word Mehter b. The Multiple Roles of Mehters c. The Inclusion of the Musicians in the Mehterhane: from Nevbethane to Mehterhane 2. Legacy a. The Mehters and the Janissaries: problems in the reconstruction of the musician mehters b. The European Legacy of the Musician Mehters: Mendelssohn's cymbals 3. Music a. The Colorful World of the Musician Mehters 1. The Official Musician Mehters 2. The Unofficial Musician Mehters b. Style, Melody, Polyphony and Modernism 1. Harbi 2. Zurna 3. Boru 4. New Techniques for New Mehter Music Part II a. Styles Specific to Official Mehter Music b. Composers of Official Mehter Music c. The Mevleviyye and the Mehteran d. The Unofficial Musician Mehters e. Contemporary Mehter Music f. CD Content 1- Neva Taksim 2- Neva Ceng-i Harbi 3- Ceng-i Harbi 4- Tahir Semai-i Harbi 5- Pisrev-i Hammali (Fahte-i Harbi 6- Pisrev-i Benefsezar (Duyek-i Harbi) 7- Segah Karabatak Pisrev 8- Neva Pisrev 9- Ferahfeza Mevlevi Ayini Son Pisrev 10- Ferahfeza Mevlevi Ayini Son Yuruk Semai 11- Hunkar Pisrevi 12- Irak Semai 13- Yayla Karsilamasi 14- Beyati Turku 15- Pehlivan Havasi 16- Ey Gaziler 17- Ottomanist (Ussak Saz Semai-i Harbi) 18- Rast Fantezi Bibliography Illustrations and Musical Scores Mehterhane-i Hakani Notalari Index