Hasan Ferit Alnar
Hasan Ferid Alnar (11 March 1906 – 30 July 1978) was a Turkish classical music composer. He was a member of the Turkish Five, in the first half of the 20th century. Alnar is known for his efforts for harmonization of classical Turkish music elements and the classical music techniques.
Hasan Ferit Alnar
- Name
- Hasan Ferit Alnar
- Birthplace
- Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 30 July 1978
- Place of death
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Occupation
- Composer, Conductor
- Known for
- His compositions combine classical Turkish music and Western music techniques
- Spouse
- Ayhan Aydan (1943–1952)
- Education
- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
- Born
- 1906 · Constantinople.
- Nationality
- Turkey · Ottoman Empire
- Languages
- Turkish
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Hasan Ferid Alnar (11 March 1906 – 30 July 1978) was a Turkish classical music composer. He was a member of the Turkish Five, in the first half of the 20th century. Alnar is known for his efforts for harmonization of classical Turkish music elements and the classical music techniques.
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Hasan Ferit Alnar (1906–1978) was an Ottoman and Turkish composer and conductor. Born in Constantinople, the composer died in Ankara. Languages used include Turkish.
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His best-known works are the Concerto for Kanun and String Orchestra and the Cello Concerto. From 1946 to 1952, he was the conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, and from 1955 to 1960, he was the General Music Director of the Ankara Opera House at the State Theaters. After retiring in 1961, Alnar lived in Vienna and managed concerts in Central European cities. In 1964, he returned to Ankara and taught harmony, form knowledge and orchestration at the Ankara State Conservatory until his death in 1978.
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• Name — Hasan Ferit Alnar • Birthplace — Istanbul, Ottoman Empire • Died — 30 July 1978 • Place of death — Istanbul, Turkey • Occupation — Composer, Conductor • Flourished — 1930–1955 • Known for — His compositions combine classical Turkish music and Western music techniques • Spouse — Ayhan Aydan (1943–1952) • Education — University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
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Alnar was born in 1906 in Sarachane, Istanbul. His father was General Manager of PTT Hüseyin Bey and his mother was Saime Hanım. The first child of the family; his brother Orhan Alnar is six years younger than him.
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Hasan Ferit Alnar died at Ankara.
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- 1.Heper, Metin. Historical Dictionary of Turkey. Scarecrow Press. 27. 21 January 2009. 978-0-8108-6281-4.
- 2.Altınköprü, Halil. Cumhuriyet Döneminde Türk müziğinde çağdaşlaşma çalışmaları ve Hasan Ferit Alnar. Ege University Graduate School of Social Sciences. Masters thesis. 2004.
- 3.Mehmet Nazmi Özalp. Türk mûsikı̂si tarihi. Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı. 306. 2000. 978-975-11-1665-9.
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- Aydin, Yilmaz (2002). Die Werke der 'Türkischen Fünf' im Lichte der Musikalischen Wechselbeziehungen zwischen der Türkei und Europa. Europäische Hochshculschriften, Peter Lang Publisher.
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