Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol will explore how the idea of “reform” during the early ninteenth century affected musical notation chiefly among Armenian and Greek Orthodox cantors of Istanbul. Beginning with a history of the period from an Ottoman perspective, Dr. Sanlıkol will discuss Phanariots, the identity and changing world of the cantors, and the arrival of Giuseppe Donizetti as the first European music instructor at the Ottoman palace.
Second Boston Byzantine Music Festival
Reform and Notation in Early Nineteenth-Century Istanbul
Date:
Nov 14, 2014
Time: 3:30 PM–4:30 PM
Location:
Hellenic College Holy Cross
Building:
Archbishop Iakovos Library Reading Room
Address:
50 Goddard Ave
Brookline, MA 02445-7415
Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol provides the historical context for the DÜNYA ensemble’s performance of A Fasıl for a Phanariot Beyzade.