COMPOSERS AND PERFORMERS

ŞAHZADE SEYFETTİN EFENDİ

Sehzade Seyfettin Efendi (Prince Seyfettin) (1874-1927)

The youngest son of Sultan Abdülaziz, and brother of Abdülmecid Efendi the Caliph. He is known as a composer of instrumental and vocal works in many forms and in various makams and his musical preferences were classical in nature. His pesrev in bayati makam is one of the loveliest instrumental works in the repertoire of Turkish music. His complete works have yet to be compiled.