Ahmet Yektâ Madran (1885-1950) was a composer of Turkish music pieces, school songs, and marches.
Life
Madran trained as a band musician at
İzmir
İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...
Art School and learned to play the clarinet. After school, he became the instructor for the military band in
Edirne
Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis (Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, ...
, where he received a serious injury to one of his eyes. In 1908, Madran joined the
Mızıka-i Humayun. He was later sent for duty to
Egypt
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, where he joined a German music ensemble. Madran toured with this ensemble as their soloist. After the declaration of the
Turkish Republic
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, Madran was appointed as the conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, now called the
Riyaset-i Cumhur in
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
.
See also
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List of composers of classical Turkish music {{Short description, none
This is a list of Classical Turkish Music composers in alphabetical order:
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*Abdurrahman Bahir Efendi (Arabzade) - 1746
*Abdülkadir Meragi - 1435
*Ahmet Uzel
*Ahmet Yektâ Madran - 1865
*Ali Şir Nevai - 1501
*Aziz Mah ...
External links
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Expatriates from the Ottoman Empire in Egypt
Composers of Ottoman classical music
Composers of Turkish makam music
1885 births
1950 deaths
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