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Last Updated: 02/10/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
TMÜ311 - Written Sources of Turkish Music I V. SEMESTER 3 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DR. ÖĞR. ÜYESİ DUYGU TAŞDELEN
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Place of Delivery
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Prerequisites Ottoman Turkish and Its Usage II
Courses Recomended None.
Recommended Resources • Güray, Cenk, (2012). Bin Yılın Mirası, Makamı Var Eden Döngü: Edvar, İstanbul: Pan Yayıncılık.• Uygun, M. N., (1999). Safiyyüddin Abdül’mümin Urmevî ve Kitabu’l-Edvarı, İstanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı.• Bardakçı, Murat (1986), Maragalı Abdülkadir: XV. yy. Bestecisi ve Müzik Nazariyatçısının Hayat Hikâyesiyle Eserleri Üzerine Bir Çalışma, İstanbul: Pan Yayıncılık.
Work Placement There is no need for work placement
Aims of the Course

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Analysis of musical epistles called “Edvar”, Lyrics Magazines, Ottoman Musical Manuscripts, collections of biographies and other significant sources.
Week - 2 Analysis of musical epistles called “Edvar”, Lyrics Magazines, Ottoman Musical Manuscripts, collections of biographies and other significant sources.
Week - 3 Analysis of musical epistles called “Edvar”, Lyrics Magazines, Ottoman Musical Manuscripts, collections of biographies and other significant sources.
Week - 4 Analysis of musical epistles called “Edvar”, Lyrics Magazines, Ottoman Musical Manuscripts, collections of biographies and other significant sources.
Week - 5 Of those sources, which are mostly Ottoman alongside some Iranian and Arabic ones, this course examines musical epistles of Avicenna and Al-Farabi.
Week - 6 Of those sources, which are mostly Ottoman alongside some Iranian and Arabic ones, this course examines musical epistles of Avicenna and Al-Farabi.
Week - 7 Of those sources, which are mostly Ottoman alongside some Iranian and Arabic ones, this course examines musical epistles of Avicenna and Al-Farabi.
Week - 8 Examines the “edvar” tradition – a.k.a “systematic school” – developed by Safiyuddin Urmevi.
Week - 9 Examines the “edvar” tradition – a.k.a “systematic school” – developed by Safiyuddin Urmevi.
Week - 10 Examines the “edvar” tradition – a.k.a “systematic school” – developed by Safiyuddin Urmevi.
Week - 11 Examines Abdulkadir Meragi and musical documents from 15th century Timurid era with reference to their relationship with Ottoman music.
Week - 12 Examines Abdulkadir Meragi and musical documents from 15th century Timurid era with reference to their relationship with Ottoman music.
Week - 13 Examining the literature that prepared the way for Turkish sources in the Ottoman era.
Week - 14 Examining the literature that prepared the way for Turkish sources in the Ottoman era.

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