WORKING WITH OTTOMAN MUSIC SOURCES

Critical Music & Text Editions, Cataloging, Research Data Management, Digital Humanities, Performance

7-11 SEPTEMBER 2026

Organized by Corpus Musicae Ottomanicae (CMO) Project 
Organization committee Dr. Nihan Tahtaişleyen (coordinator), Dr. Will Sumits, Salih Demirtaş
Organization place Orient-Institut Istanbul, Galip Dede Cd. No:65 Beyoğlu/İstanbul

11:00 – 11:30 WELCOME SPEECH
Prof. Dr. Christoph K. Neumann, Orient-Institut Istanbul Welcome
Prof. Dr. Ralf M. Jäger, University of Münster
Dr. Nihan Tahtaişleyen & Dr. Will Sumits Orient-Institut Istanbul

11:30 – 12:30 KEYNOTE SPEECH Prof. Münir Nurettin BEKEN (UCLA, Herb Alpert School of Music, Ethnomusicology Department) 

12:30 – 13:45  LUNCH

14:00 – 17:00 PANEL

Presenter	Title
Prof. Dr. Nilgün Doğrusöz (Istanbul Technical University)	“From Collaboration to Research Infrastructure: The CMO – OTMAG Experience and Future Perspectives”
Dr. Nazlı Vatansever & Dr. N. Melike Atalay (CMO, University of Münster)	“Lyrics Collection as Sources of CMO”
Dr. Laurent Xavier Pugin (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales RISM)	“RISM and CMO – linked data and beyond”
Dr. Nanette Rißler-Pipka (Max Weber Foundation)	“Building the Invisible Layer: Research Data Management in the CMO music edition”
Dr. Sven GRONEMEYER (CMO, Max Weber Foundation)	“From Beats to Bytes: Digital Scholarly Music and Text Editions”
Prof. Dr. Ozan Baysal (Istanbul Technical University)	“From Yüz to Çeşni, from Seyir to Perde/Çeşni Networks: Tracing the Genesis of MakamNetz”

MUSIC EDITION WORKSHOP I – Gallery Hall

Coordinated by Marco Dimitriou (CMO, University of Münster) – Gallery Hall

10:30-12:00 Introduction to the CMO Editions, Marco Dimitriou (CMO, University of Münster)     

12:00-13:00 LUNCH

13:00-14:30 Edition of Instrumental Pieces in Hampartsum Notation with Implicit Rhythm, Dr. Semih Pelen & Marco Dimitriou (CMO, University of Münster) 

14:30-14:45 BREAK

14:45-16:15 Edition of Instrumental Pieces in Hampartsum Notation with Implicit Rhythm, Dr. Semih Pelen & Marco Dimitriou (CMO, University of Münster) 

16:15-16:30 BREAK

TEXT EDITION WORKSHOP I –

Coordinated by Dr. Nazlı Vatansever (CMO, University of Münster)

10:00-12:00 Song Text Collections in Ottoman Turkish 

12:00-13:00 LUNCH

13:00-14:00 Presentation and Discussion

“An Introduction to Turkish Songs in Syriac Scripts”, Dr. Edith Ambros (University of Vienna)

14:00-14:30 Exercise 1: Determining Manuscript Characteristics and Working on Critical Text Edition

14:30-14:45 BREAK

14:45-15:15 Exercise 2: Determining Manuscript Characteristics and Working on Critical Text Edition

15:15-16:15 Presentation and Discussion

“The Characteristics of Song Collections in Karamanlidika”, Dr. Evangelia Chaldaeaki (University of Ioannina)

16:15-16:30 BREAK

PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP I – 

Coordinated by Prof. Dr. Esra Berkman (Anadolu University, Eskişehir)

16:30–17:00 Introduction to the performance module

17:00-18:00 CMO Arşivi Işığında Makamsal Perde Gösterimleri: 79 Tonlu Model ve Sajital Notasyonu I – Auditorium Hall

18:00-18:15 BREAK (optional)

18:15-19:30 CMO Arşivi Işığında Makamsal Perde Gösterimleri: 79 Tonlu Model ve Sajital Notasyonu I – Auditorium Hall

MUSIC EDITION WORKSHOP II – Gallery Hall

10:30-12:00 Edition of Vocal Pieces in Hampartsum Notation with Explicit Rhythm, Dr. Nejla Melike Atalay (CMO, University of Münster)

12:00-13:00 LUNCH

13:00-14:00 Edition of Vocal Pieces in Hampartsum Notation with Explicit Rhythm, Dr. Nejla Melike Atalay (CMO, University of Münster)

14:00-15:00 Edition of Instrumental Pieces in Staff Notation, Salih Demirtaş (CMO, Orient-Institut Istanbul)  

15:00-16:15 Edition of Music Manuscripts for Beginners: Topics and Questions Using the Example of TR-Iboa TRT.MD.d.563, Dr. Maria Giangkitseri (CMO, University of Münster)

TEXT EDITION WORKSHOP II – OII Meeting Room

10:00-11:00 Presentation and Discussion

“Editing Arabic Song Text Collections from the 14th to the 18th Century”, Dr. Yasemin Gökpınar (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

11:00-12:00 Exercise 3: Working with Manuscripts in Different Alphabets

Closing Discussion 

CATALOGING WORKSHOP I – OII Meeting Room

Coordinated by Dr. Will Sumits & Dr. Nihan Tahtaişleyen (CMO, Orient-Institut Istanbul) 

13:00-15:00  Foundations of Cataloging Ottoman Music Sources

15:00-15:15 BREAK

15:15-16:15 Data Ontology and Conceptual Models

15:45-16:15 Presentation

“Prospects of Cataloging: The Turkish Choral Library Project”, Dr. Nevin Şahin (Hacettepe University, Ankara)

16:15-16:30 BREAK

16:30-18:00 Catalog Based Research and Practices

PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP II – 

Coordinated by Prof. Dr. Esra Berkman (Anadolu University, Eskişehir)

16:30-18:00 CMO Arşivi Işığında Makamsal Perde Gösterimleri: 79 Tonlu Model ve Sajital Notasyonu II – Auditorium Hall

18:00-18:15 BREAK (optional) 

18:15-19:30 CMO Arşivi Işığında Makamsal Perde Gösterimleri: 79 Tonlu Model ve Sajital Notasyonu II – Auditorium Hall

RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT (RDM) WORKSHOP – OII Meeting Room

Coordinated by Zeynep Helvacı (CMO, University of Münster), Dr. Nanette Rißler-Pipka (Max Weber Foundation, German Humanities Institutes Abroad) 

10:00-10:45 Basics and Core Concepts

10:45-11:00 BREAK

11:00-12:00  Hands-on Session

12:00-13:00 LUNCH

DIGITAL HUMANITIES (DH) WORKSHOP –

Coordinated by Dr. Sven GRONEMEYER (Max Weber Foundation, German Humanities Institutes Abroad)

13:00-14:30 From Beats to Bytes: Digital Scholarly Music and Text Editions I

14:30-14:45 BREAK

14:45-16:15 From Beats to Bytes: Digital Scholarly Music and Text Editions II

16:15-16:30 BREAK

PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP  III – 

16:30-18:00 Performing Historical Sources with MakamNetz: Three Cases from CMO Editions

Dr. Recep Gül (Istanbul Technical University), Zülfü Yalçın (Istanbul Technical University), Prof. Dr. Ozan Baysal (Istanbul Technical University)

18:00-18:15 BREAK

18:15-19:30 Performance Workshop Evaluation

Prof. Dr. Esra BERKMAN & Prof. Dr. Ozan Baysal, Dr. Recep Gül, Zülfü Yalçın and all participants (Interactive)

11 SEPTEMBER 2026, FRIDAY
10:30-16:00 (UTC+03)
ORIENT-INSTITUT

10:30-12:00 CLOSING ROUNDTABLE

12:00– 13:00 LUNCH

14:00-16:00 ARCHIVE VISIT to Istanbul University Rare Books Library & Darülelhan

19:00-20:00 RECEPTION

20:00-21:30 CONCERT – Esra BERKMAN