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Yalcin
Tura
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Born in Istanbul 1934. He studied violin, harmony and counterpoint
and composition. In 1954 he graduated from Galatasaray Lisesi and
enrolled at Istanbul University, where he studied Philosophy, Pedagogy
and Archeology. Earned his living as a professional composer from
1955 to 1976. He has served as faculty member at the Istanbul Technical
University Turkish Music State Conservatoire since 1976 till his
retirement in 2001. He was the director of this institution and
head of the department of musicology. Tura has done research on
the sound system of monophonic Turkish music, gave lectures, published
many papers, some books about music and a full transcription of
Dimitri Cantemir's treaty. He won many awards for his compositions.
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