AHMED ADNAN SAYGUN’UN VİYOLONSEL İÇİN BESTELEDİĞİ PARTİTA VE VİYOLONSEL SONATI
AHMED ADNAN SAYGUN'S PARTITA FOR CELLO SOLO AND CELLO SONATA

Summary/Abstract: Famous Azerbaijani conductor Niyazi Takizade, who performed the first representations of Ahmed Adnan Saygun's many works in the early 1970s, tells western journalists:” Believe me, there is no composer like A. Adnan Saygun in many European countries”.A. Adnan Saygun trained in Paris and became one of the first composers of the young Turkish Republic. For the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk has developed the idea "20th Century Classical Turkish Music", and brought A. Adnan Saygun to the head of the commission. The Divertissemente, which he wrote for the Great Symphony Orchestra, was performed for the first time in Paris and Warsaw, thus experiencing many firsts for the Turkish Classical Music World, with A. Adnan Saygun. In 1934, Saygun composed the first Turkish opera Özsoy on the order of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. For the first time, Turkish motifs were enriched with new harmonies in Özsoy opera. Trips to different places of work with Belo Bartok- one of the important composers and ethnographers of the 20th century, has made enormous contributions to Turkish music. His friendship with Bartok has a positive impact on Saygun's work. Saygun's three major works on cello literature are “Sonata for Cello and piano” (op.12), “partita for Solo Cello” (op.31) and “Cello Concerto “(op.74), it has a very special sense of rhythm and ethnic Turkish motifs. His works have often been printed in Germany and America. Studies on Saygun's cello works are not common. Therefore, this study was carried out in order to be a source for those interested.

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