Fonds CK - Cüneyd Kosal Classical Turkish Music Archive (Test Broadcast)

83,608 musical scores (7,430 scores contained in 182 manuscript notebooks)

The archive was transferred to the institution on 30.09.2010. On 12.04.2021, around 2000 sheet music documents and Cüneyd Kosal began collecting musical scores from an early age, transcribed thousands of works into notation, and documented hundreds of hymns by notating them for the first time.

Cüneyd Kosal Collection was acquired from Cüneyd Kosal on 30 September 2010 through the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency. In addition, on 12 April 2021, approximately 2,000 musical scores and a number of photographs were acquired from İmge Sahaf and incorporated into the collection.

Cüneyd Kosal’s music score collection contains musical manuscripts in various formats, including handwritten manuscripts, printed editions, mimeographs, and photocopies. The collection includes historically valuable scores produced by many prominent figures such as Muallim İsmail Hakkı Bey, Ali Rıza Şengel, Nuri Halil Poyraz, Rauf Yekta, Artaki Candan, Refik Fersan, Sermüezzin Hakkı Bey, İsak Varon, Sadettin Heper, Münir Nurettin Selçuk, Halil Can, Arif Sami Toker, and Alâeddin Yavaşca, many of which bear their original signatures. Over time, parts of several important music collections were also incorporated into his archive. Among these are scores originating from the collection of Dr. Hâmid Hüsnü Bey, the notebooks of Kanuni Hacı Arif Bey, and works transferred from Ali Rıfat Çağatay.

It will be permanently preserved.

Closed fond

The musical scores have been categorized by composition type at the series level and by makam at the sub-series level.

It is open access. The catalogue records and digital images of the documents are available online. The original documents may be consulted at our center upon request.

The copyright belongs to İSAM.

• التركية العثمانية

• التركية

• العربية

• اللاتينية

In addition to paper-based materials, plaques and paintings belonging to Cüneyd Kosal have also been identified and described within the archive.

The original documents are preserved in the İSAM Library Cüneyd Kosal Archive room.

Digital copies of the documents are preserved on hard drives maintained within the İSAM Library Archive (IKA).

1- Cüneyd Kosal (haz.), İlahiler: 99 Makamda, İstanbul: Marifet Yayınları, 1994.
2- Cüneyd Kosal (haz.), İlahiler ([İstanbul]: Yapı ve Kredi Yayınları, 1986).
3- Cüneyd Kosal (haz.), Yunus İlahileri Güldestesi, Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı, 1991.
4- Cüneyd Kosal, Nişabur Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi, yeniden yazanlar Ahmet Kaya ve Özata Ayan, güfte ve nota tashihi Behlül Düzenli ve İsmet Olgaç, haz. Özata Ayan, İstanbul: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu, 2014.
5- Mustafa Özdamar, İslambol Geleneğinde Sivil Merasimler ve Doğumdan Ölüme Musiki, proje: Sefer Dal, nota tetkik ve tahkik: Cüneyd Kosal, nota dizgi: Metin Alkanlı, tashih: Veysel Dalçaldı ve M. Hakan Alvan İstanbul: Kırkkandil Yayınları, 1997.
6- Sertaç Tezeren, Cüneyt Kosal Sanatı ve Hayatı, ed. Murat Başaran, İstanbul: Keşkül Yayınları, 2007.
7- Semra Özgün, Derviş Kanuni Cüneyd Kosal Eserleri: Türk Müziğine Adanan Bir Ömür,2016.
8- Tuba Güven Alagöz, Cüneyt Kosal Arşivindeki Türk Din Musikisi Eserlerinin İncelenmesi ve Repertuvarda Bulunmayan İlahilerin Notaya Alınması, yüksek lisans tezi/doktora tezi, 2023.
9- Neslihan Aracı Güler, “İSAM Kütüphanesi Arşiv Koleksiyonları: Kemal Batanay ve Cüneyd Kosal Müzik Arşivleri,” Bir Dünya Müzik Dergisi, sayı 39 (Ocak 2019).
10- Yunus Emre, Besteleriyle Yunus Emre İlahileri, haz. Ahmet Hatipoğlu, Ankara: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, 1993.
11- Mustafa Özdamar, Abdülhay Efendi, İstanbul: Kırkkandil Yayınları, 1996.

The collection has been organized in accordance with the ISAD(G) standard.

Date of opening: 27 April 2018; 13 June 2026.

The arrangement of the notebook section of the archive was carried out by Cüneyd Kosal, Filiz Şatıroğlu, and Neslihan Aracı Güler. A significant remaining portion of the collection was subsequently completed within the scope of a project.

The project was coordinated by Prof. Dr. Ubeydullah Sezikli, while Dr. Harun Korkmaz served as project director. The project specialists were Mahmud Ergin and Yusuf Burak Altay. Additional contributions to the project were made by Ümit Özpekmezci, Hulusi Özbay, Ali Ömer Yurddaş, Yavuz Selim Mutlu, Mehmet Onur Akgün, Mustafa Eren Güzel, and Salih Emrah Zorbacı.

The adaptation of the identified musical scores to the AtoM system was carried out by Recep Yılmaz and Dr. Nuray Urkaç Güler, while the digitization and transfer processes to AtoM were conducted by Volkan Kuru. Erva Agun, Hilal Ağdaş, and Bayram Gürzoğlu took part in the digital arrangement processes.