Turkish composer, pianist, script writer and conductor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cemal Reşit Rey (Turkish pronunciation:[dʒeˈmaɫɾeˈʃitɾej]; 25 October 1904 – 7 October 1985) was a Turkishcomposer, pianist, script writer and conductor.[1] He was well known for a string of successful and popular Turkish-language operettas for which his brother Ekrem Reşit Rey (1900–1959) wrote the librettos.[2]
A plaque commemorating Cemal Reşit Rey at Yasemin Apartment Building, Serencebey Yokuşu 26, Beşiktaş, Istanbul, where the composer lived for the last 19 years of his life.
He was born on 25 October 1904 in Jerusalem and died on 7 October 1985 in Istanbul. He was one of the five pioneers of Western classical music in Turkey known as 'The Turkish Five' in the first half of the 20th century. Notable students include Yüksel Koptagel, a Turkish composer and pianist.
Operas
La Geisha (adapted from Sydney Jones)
Yann (Jann) Marek (1920)(Libretto by Xavier Fromentin)
Faire sans dire (1920)(Libretto by Alfred de Musset)
Sultan Cem (1922–23)(Libretto by Ekrem Reşid Rey)
L'Enchantement (1924)(Libretto by Ekrem Reşid Rey)
Zeybek("Zeibek") (1926)(Libretto by Ekrem Reşid Rey)
Köyde Bir Facia (a Tragedy in the Village) (1929)(Libretto by Ekrem Reşid Rey)
Çelebi (1942–73)(Libretto by Ekrem Reşid Rey)
Operettas
Le Petit Chaperon rouge (1920)
Üç Saat (Three Hours, 1932)(poems by Nazım Hikmet)
Nail Tan Derlemeler makaleler 2007 Page 64 "Tespit edebildiğimiz kadarıyla Türk kompozitörlerin yarattıkları opera, bale, operet, oratoryo türündeki eserler şunlardır: ... Operetler: Lüküs Hayat (Cemal Reşit Rey) Deli Dolu (Cemal Reşit Rey).
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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