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
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techniques. 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
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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.
Life
Alnar was born in 1906 in Sarachane,
Istanbul
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. 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.
See also
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Music of Turkey
The roots of traditional music in Turkey span across centuries to a time when the Seljuk Turks migrated to Anatolia and Persia in the 11th century and contains elements of both Turkic and pre-Turkic influences. Much of its modern popular music ...
References
Further reading
* 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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1906 births
1978 deaths
Turkish classical musicians
The Turkish Five
Composers of Ottoman classical music
Composers of Turkish makam music
20th-century Turkish classical composers
Turkish male classical composers
20th-century Turkish male musicians
Academic staff of Ankara State Conservatory