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Most Famous Ottoman Islamic Sufi Music - by Buhurizade Mustafa Itri Efendi* 1640 - more than 1,7 Billion people know

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Mustafa Itri, more commonly known as Buhurizade Mustafa Itri, or just simply Itri (1640 - 1712[1]) was an Ottoman-Turkish musician, composer, singer and poet. With over a thousand works to his name, although only about forty of these have survived to this day, he is regarded as the master of Turkish classical music.[1] In 2012, due to the 300th anniversary of Itri's death, the UNESCO declared 2012 the "International Itri Year".[1][2]

Biography

Many things known about him today are subject to dispute. His real name was Mustafa, and he was sometimes referred to as Buhurizade Mustafa Efendi. Itri was a major exponent of Turkish classical music. He was a very prolific composer with more than a thousand works. However, only about forty of these survived to this day.

It is believed that he was a Mevlevi, and composed religious music for this order. He lived through the times of five Ottoman Sultans. He became well known during the time of Mehmet IV. He sang in fasils, which are concert programs with the same makam, in the presence of Mehmet IV. Starting from this time, he enjoyed the support of the palace for many years. He taught music in the palace Enderun school. He was also interested in gardening. It is believed that his name Itri comes from the word itir, which means pelargonium.

As with most composers of his day, Itri was also a famous poet. He used poetic forms based on the classicial Ottoman school of poetry (Divan), as well as those based on syllabic meters identified with folk music and poetry. Unfortunately most of his poetry has not survived to this day. He was also known for being a calligrapher.

Itri's portrait is depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 100 lira banknote issued in 2009.[3]

Major Works:

Segâh Kurban Bayramı Tekbiri
Segâh Salât-ı Ümmiye
Dilkeşhâveran Gece Salâtı
Mâye Cuma Salâtı
Segâh Mevlevi Ayini
Rast Darb-ı Türkî Naat ve Sofyan Tevşih
Nühüft Durak; Nühüft İlahî
Nühüft Tevşih; Nevâ Kâr
2 Pençgâh Beste
Hisar Devr-i Kebir Beste ve Aksak Semai
Mâhûr Ağır Aksak Semai
Rehavî Berefşan Beste
Buselik Hafif Beste ve Yürük Semai
Segâh Ağır Semai
Segâh Yürük Semai
Bayatî Çember Beste
Bestenigâr Darb-ı Fetih Beste
Dügâh Hafif Beste
Isfahan Zencir Beste ve Ağır Aksak Semai
Nikriz Muhammes Beste
Râhatu'l Ervah Zencir Beste
Irak Aksak Semai
Rast Aksak Semai
Nühüft Aksak Semai
Acemaşiran Yürük Semai
Rehavî Peşrev
Nühüft Peşrev ve Saz Semaisi
Nevâ Kâr