Cemal Reşit Rey
Cemal Reşit Rey was a Turkish composer, pianist, script writer and conductor. He was well known for a string of successful and popular Turkish-language operettas for which his brother Ekrem Reşit Rey wrote the librettos.
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 'Turkish Five">Turkish people">Turkish Five' in the first half of the 20th century. Notable students include Yüksel Koptagel, a Turkish composer and pianist.
Works
Operas- La Geisha
- Yann Marek
- Faire sans dire
- Sultan Cem
- L'Enchantement
- Zeybek
- Köyde Bir Facia
- Çelebi
- Le Petit Chaperon rouge
- Üç Saat
- Lüküs Hayat
- Deli Dolu
- Saz Caz
- Maskara
- Hava Cıva
- Yaygara 70
- Uy! Balon Dünya
- Bir İstanbul Masalı
- Adalar Revüsü
- Alabanda
- Aldırma
- Özyurt
- For Shakespeare's Macbeth
- For Shakespeare's Hamlet
- For Shakespeare's King Lear
- For Shakespeare's "Tempest"
- Lafonten Baba
- Bataklı Damın Kızı Aysel
- Benli Hürmüz
- Symphony No. 1 L'Appel Fatih Scherzi symphoniques
- Symphonic Concerto
- Symphony No. 2Türkiye Ellinci Yıla Giriş
- "Introduction et Dance" for cello and orchestra
- "Concerto Chromatique" for piano and orchestra
- Poème for Ondes Martenot and strings
- Violin Concerto
- "Pieces Concertantes" for Violoncello and Orchestra
- Variations on an Old Istanbul Folk Song for piano and orchestra
- "Andante et Allegro" for violin solo and string orchestra
- Guitar Concerto
- Concerto for piano and orchestra
- Chants d'Anatolie
- Two Songs
- Two Anatolian Folk Songs
- Mystique
- Vocalise–Fantaisie
- Three Anatolian Folk Songs
- Arrangements of Schubert, Brahms, Scarlatti, Paisiello for voice and strings
- Çayır İnce
- Two Pieces on Poems by Yunus Emre
- Anatolian Folk Songs
- Ten Folk Songs
- Two Songs
- Je me demande
- Three Melodies
- Initiales sur un banc
- Chanson du printemps
- Au jardin
- L'Offrande lyrique
- Nocturne
- Twelve Anatolian Folk Songs
- Folk Songs
- Twelve Melodies
- Vatan
- Four Melodies
- Paris Sokakları
- Impressions of Anatolia for violin and piano
- Piece for woodwind quintet
- String Quartet
- Short Piece for violin and piano
- Piano Quartet
- Sextet
- Instrumental Dialogue
- Waltz
- Sonata
- Sarı Zeybek
- Scènes turques
- Souvenirs d'automne
- Sonatina
- Paysages de soleil
- Sonata
- Pélerinages dans la ville qui n'est plus que souvenir
- Fantaisie
- Two Pieces
- Ten Folk Songs
- Improvisation
12 Preludes and Fugues
Marches
- Himaye-i Etfalin
- Navy March
- Yedeksubay Marşı
- Atatürk's 100th Birthday March