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MÜZİK VE SAİRE

ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΤA ΛΟΙΠΑ
THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY / HIS MASTER’S VOICE
 •  Will Gaisberg in Constantinople (1904): a discography
 •  Report on visit to Greece (1930)
 •  Record Catalogues
 •  Recording Sheets
 •  Charles A. Scheuplein
 •  Prefixes and suffixes
 •  DATING 1933 TURKISH HMV RECORDINGS


FRANS VAN HASSELT (1927 - 2011)
 •  In Memoriam Frans van Hasselt: Zijn Istanbul-jaren
    Maar er was ook nog een Túrkse Frans (in Dutch)


PREMIER RECORD
 •  PREMIER RECORD
 •  Goulash, wiener schnitzel and şiş kebap: Premier Record
      A Hungarian record company in Constantinople in 1911
 •  Record Catalogues


TAKIS SIDERIS (1955 - 2014)
 •  A farewell salute…
 •  Ti ádiko, ti kríma… (in Dutch)


AGAPIOS TOMBOULIS (1884 - 1967)
 •  Agapios Tomboulis: een poging tot reanimatie (in Dutch)
 •  Agapios Tomboulis: an attempt at resuscitation (in English)


ODD AND EXTINCT INSTRUMENTS IN GREEK MUSIC
 •  Unusual guitars, mandolas, oudolas & armonicas
 •  Unusual guitars
(1)   ➤ slide show

 •  Mandolas
(2)   ➤ slide show

 •  Oudolas
(3)   ➤ slide show

 •  Armonicas
(4)   ➤ slide show

 •  But what is this?
 •  Sources of the illustrations


TETOS DEMETRIADES (1897/1901 - 1971)
 •  Singer, talent scout, producer, record company owner…


IORDANIS TSOMIDIS (1933 - 2006)
 •  Iordanis Tsomidis in pictures: a slide show
 •  Iordanis sings, plays and talks… ♫


TARLABAŞI - İSTANBUL (1985 - 1987)
 A pictorial account of the demolition
 •  Once upon a time / Bir varmış bir yokmuş
 •  Slide show
 •  Map of Istanbul showing pre-demolition Tarlabaşı area


BEKA (BUMB & KÖNIG)
 •  BEKA (BUMB & KÖNIG)
 •  Director dies, Beka Record Company up for grabs
 •  Unsere Reise um die Erde (in German)
 •  The Great Beka Expedition 1905 - 1906


PHOTO GALLERY BLUMENTHALS (ISTANBUL)
 •  A slide show


APOPSE INE VARIA / ΑΠΟΨΕ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΒΑΡΙΑ
 •  The story of a song ♫


FAVORITE
 •  Favorite Revisited
 •  Favorite: the story of an independent German record company
 •  Seventy-eight Revolutions Per Minute in the Levant


OH, THOSE MYSTERIOUS WORDS !
 A rough guide to Turkish and Greek terminology on 78rpm records
 •  Oh, Those Mysterious Words !
 •  Turkish Greek Terminology Glossary


VICTOR
 •  Record Catalogue VICTOR March 1911 10 inch


LYROPHON
 •  Record Catalogues
 •  A discography of Greek and Turkish recordings


THE MUSIC SCENE IN ISTANBUL (1895 - 1916)
 By Ruhi Kalender
 •  Singers and instrumentalists active between 1895 and 1916 (1)
 •  Singers and instrumentalists active between 1895 and 1916 (2)


TANBURI CEMİL BEY (1871 - 1916)
 •  Tanburi Cemil Bey: photographs and documents
 •  Discography of Tanburi Cemil Bey's recordings
 •  Record labels
 •  Record catalogues
 •  Tanburi Cemil Bey's Notebook I (Arabic script)
 •  Tanburi Cemil Bey's Notebook II (modern Turkish spelling)
 •  Who was Dr. J. K. Sutherland from Flint, Michigan?
 •  Sources
 •  Tanburi Cemil Bey on CD
 •  The Blumentals: a concise history