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' 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