Fonds CK - Cüneyd Kosal Classical Turkish Music Archive

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Reference code

İKA CK

Title

Cüneyd Kosal Classical Turkish Music Archive

Date(s)

  • 1931-2018 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

7430 works in 182 handwritten notebooks. In addition to these, the remaining miscellaneous sheet music has been counted, with a total of approximately 83,000 original and photocopied pieces of sheet music.

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Name of creator

Cüneyd Kosal
(1931-2018)

Biographical history

He was born on November 3, 1931 in Sultanahmet, Istanbul. Cüneyd Kosal started Istanbul Faculty of Medicine and left his education unfinished because he attached too much importance to his musical life.
During his university years, he continued his musical studies as a singer in Üsküdar Musical Society, University Choir and private ensembles. When Nevzat Atlığ, the conductor of the University Choir, learned that he could play the kanun, Kosal, who became one of the instrumentalists, quit his career as a vocalist and concentrated on kanun playing.
After his military service, he worked as a clerk in the music broadcasts of Istanbul Radio.
In 1976, he worked in the establishment of the Istanbul State Classical Turkish Music Choir and took part in this choir as a member of the artistic board and instrumentalist until 1985.
After this period, he performed many instrumental works in Turkey and abroad with the “Classical Turkish Instruments Quintet”, which he founded with his instrumental friends to play unperformed works.
The artists in the quintet are Nihat Doğu (kemençe), Cüneyd Kosal (kanun), Doğan Ergin (ney), Abdi Coşkun (tanbur), Vahit Anadolu (rhythm). This ensemble worked together in Güldeste and Istanbul Music Festival events with Ahmet Özhan as the soloist.
In 1991, he worked on the establishment of the Istanbul Historical Turkish Music Ensemble, which was planned to be established by the Ministry of Culture, and continued to work as assistant general director, coach and instrumentalist until his retirement in 1996.
Cüneyd Kosal has 84 works, including 1 Mevlevi Ayini in Nişabur makam, 3 instrumental pieces, a set of compositions in Ferahnakaşiran makam, a slow semai, a walking semai, 1 Durak, 6 songs, 2 Köçekçe and 68 hymns. He has 3 books, “İlahiler” published by Yapı Kredi Bankası Publications in 1986, “Yunus İlahileri Güldestesi” published by the Ministry of Culture in 1991, and “İlahiler in 99 Makamda” published by Marifet Publications in 1994. There is a biography study about him, which was first prepared as a thesis by Sertaç Tezeren and then turned into a book with a CD supplement in 2007. Cüneyd Kosal has a very comprehensive collection of sheet music and books, which is one of the few in Turkey.

Repository

İSAM Library Archive (İKA)

Archival history

The archive was transferred to the institution on 30.09.2010. On 12.04.2021, around 2000 sheet music documents and some photographs were purchased from İmge Sahaf.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased from Cüneyd Kosal through the Istanbul 2010 Capital of Culture Agency. The second group of documents was purchased from İmge Sahaf.

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Scope and content

Cüneyd Kosal (1931-2018) is an important kanun (zither) player and composer who grew up in the last periods of classical Turkish music and has the title of the largest collector in his field with his extensive archive of sheet music that he meticulously compiled over 65 years. In addition to contributing to the publication of the notes of classical works within the Ministry of National Education, he restored and notated hundreds of works, of which only sound recordings have survived to the present day, and brought them into the repertoire of Turkish religious music.
The archive, which is among the most important written sources of Turkish music today, contains nearly 83.000 pieces of sheet music, 182 manuscript notebooks and retail copies of sheet music, and 478 books and journals on Turkish music. The 7,428 works in 182 manuscript notebooks have been cataloged and opened for research.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

It will be kept permanently as it contains the original handwritten notes.

Accruals

Further accruals aren't expected.

System of arrangement

The works in the notebooks are divided into 32 series. The “Compositions”, “Instrumental” and “Songs” series are divided into 38 sub-series.
At the end of the project, all identified works will be transferred to the AtoM system in a hierarchical classification order.

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Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access

Conditions governing reproduction

Digital images of sheet music can be accessed by searching the catalog.

Language of material

  • Ottoman Turkish
  • Turkish

Script of material

  • Arabic
  • Latin

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

There is only paper material.

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Existence and location of originals

Includes original documents as well as photocopied material.

Existence and location of copies

The original sheet music is in the ISAM Library Archive.

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http://www.sanatmuziginotalari.com/

http://www.devletkorosu.com/index.php/notaarsivi/notaarsivi

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Publication note

Neslihan ARACI GÜLER, “İSAM Kütüphanesi Arşiv Koleksiyonları: Kemal Batanay ve Cüneyd Kosal Müzik Arşivleri”, Bir Dünya Müzik Dergisi, s. 39, Ocak 2019, sf. 30-31.
Cüneyt Kosal Sanatı ve Hayatı / Sertaç Tezeren; editör Murat Başaran. -- İstanbul : Keşkül Yayınları, 2007.
Cüneyt Kosal Arşivindeki Türk Din Musikisi Eserlerinin İncelenmesi ve Repertuvarda Bulunmayan İlahilerin Notaya Alınması / Tuba Güvem Alagöz. --2023.
Derviş Kanuni Cüneyd Kosal Eserleri: Türk Müziğine Adanan Bir Ömür / Semra Özgün, 2016.
İlahiler: 99 makamda / haz. Cüneyt Kosal. -- İstanbul: Marifet Yayınları, 1994.
İslambol Geleneğinde Sivil Merasimler ve Doğumdan Ölüme Musiki / Mustafa Özdamar; plan proje Sefer Dal; nota tetkik ve tahkik Cüneyt Kosal; nota dizgi Metin Alkanlı; tashih Veysel Dalçaldı, M. Hakan Alvan. -- İstanbul: Kırkkandil Yayınları, 1997.
Abdülhay Efendi / Mustafa Özdamar. -- İstanbul: Kırkkandil Yayınları, 1996.
Nişabur Mevlevi Ayin-i Şerifi / Cüneyd Kosal; yeniden yazanlar Ahmet Kaya, Özata Ayan; güfte ve nota tashihi Behlül Düzenli, İsmet Olgaç; hazırlayan Özata Ayan. -- İstanbul: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı İstanbul Tarihi Türk Müziği Topluluğu, 2014.
Yunus İlahileri Güldestesi / Yunus Emre, 720/1320 [?]; yay. haz. Cüneyd Kosal. -- Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı, 1991.
Besteleriyle Yunus Emre İlahileri / Yunus Emre, 720/1320 [?]; hazırlayan Ahmet Hatipoğlu. -- Ankara: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, 1993.
İlahiler -- [İstanbul]: Yapı ve Kredi Bankası, 1986.

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Rules and/or conventions used

The principle of provenance has been followed. The works have been described in accordance with the original arrangement. The description is at the sub-fond, series, and sub-series levels.

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      Archivist's note

      The archive was classified by Cüneyd Kosal, Filiz Şatıroğlu and Neslihan Aracı Güler. Digitization of the documents was carried out by Volkan Kuru.

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