Category: Publication
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Vom Bosporus an die Donau: Das Orient-Institut Istanbul bringt den ungarischen Hofmusiker Géza Hegyei und Club Teutonia an die Ferenc Liszt-Akademie für Musik in Budapest – Autor: Richard Wittmann
Richard Wittmann 31. Mai 2024 Im Herbst 2018 klingelte das Telefon in Gábor Fodors Büro im ungarischen Kulturzentrum in Istanbul. Am anderen Ende der Leitung war ein ungarischer Mann mittleren Alters, der sich vorstellte und Dr. Fodor fragte, ob er jemals von Géza Hegyei gehört habe? Der Anrufer war sicherlich etwas verblüfft, als er dies…
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Women Composers’ Creative Conditions Before and During the Turkish Republic – Author: Nejla Melike Atalay
Women Composers’ Creative Conditions Before and During the Turkish Republic A Case Study on Three Composers: Leyla [Saz] Hanımefendi, Nazife Aral-Güran, and Yüksel Koptagel Author: Nejla Melike Atalay 4 January 2023 My book[1] focuses on three Istanbulite composers, Leyla [Saz] Hanımefendi (1850?-1936), Nazife Aral-Güran (1921-1993), and Yüksel Koptagel (b. 1931), who lived and produced in…
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Fighting under the same banner: Memories from the Ottoman theater of the Great War – Authors: Richard Wittmann & Yaşar Tolga Cora
Fighting under the same banner: Memories from the Ottoman theater of the Great War Authors: Richard Wittmann & Yaşar Tolga Cora 26 March 2021 What did it mean to individuals of different ethnic and religious backgrounds to participate in World War I under the Ottoman crescent and star banner? Focusing on a wide array of…
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A visual life narrative of 1830s Ottoman Izmir/Smyrna: The Harvard Fulgenzi Album – Author: Richard Wittmann
A visual life narrativeof 1830s Ottoman Izmir/Smyrna: The Harvard Fulgenzi Album Author: Richard Wittmann 29 MAY 2020 A beautiful album, conceived in Smyrna, modern-day Izmir, blends the Ottoman world of the mid-19th century with that of the new national state of Greece. This combination constitutes the subject of the 25 illustrations which portray the human form and…