Sadettin Kaynak

Sadettin Kaynak (1895 – 1961) was a prominent composer of Turkish classical music.

Biography

Born in Istanbul, he became a hafiz at a young age. He completed his music education at the Istanbul University. Later, he traveled to south east Anatolia and researched Turkish folk music there. He lived through the ban on Turkish Music during Atatürk's time, but still remained a well known composer writing music for poetry and movies from Egypt. He had a stroke in 1955, and lived paralyzed until his death in February 3, 1961.

Major works

Below is a list of some of his compositions with the associated makam.

    * Bir esmer dilberin vuruldum hüsnüne (kürdilihicazkar)

    * Leyla (hicazkar)

    * Enginde yavaş yavaş (hicaz)

    * Kalplerden dudaklara (nihavent)

    * Ben güzele güzel demem (mahur)

    * Batan gün kana benziyor (muhayyer)

    * Çıkar yücelerden haber sorarım (hüzzam).