State Orders and Medals Awarded to Musicians in Ottoman Archive Documents

İrfan Yiğit

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State Orders and Medals Awarded to Musicians in Ottoman Archive Documents

Authors:

İrfan Yiğit

Publisher:

Van Yuzuncu Yıl University

Main Topics:

Dini Musiki

Journal:

Van İlahiyat Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 21, pp.36-53

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001333605

pISSN:

2667-615X

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 Artists have always been appreciated for the artifacts they have produced and have been rewarded with some gifts as a result. In different periods of history, heads of the state have given awards to appreciate and reward the artifacts they have liked. These awards have been given names such as order, certificate, favor and medal The qualities of these gifts have varied according to the power of the state or the value it places on art. The Ottoman State, our field of research, has also given awards according to the situation or person the sultan appreciated. Ottoman Sultans have given state orders, medals, titles, and awards to local or foreign people for situations worthy of appreciation in the eyes of the state. These awards given by the state have provided the recipient with both material and spiritual prestige. People have started competing in their fields to be honoured with these awards. This situation has become a kind of encouragement for art and artists. In this way, both the quality of the artifact the artist has produced increases and it has an encouraging quality for the artifacts the artist will make later. Musicians are also among the artists who were given the awards mentioned above. These awards, granted by the sultan for a piece they played, sang or composed, are of different degrees and characteristics. The recipients of the awards consist of local or foreign musicians. There have been people from all levels of the state in terms of position and rank and also artists who were deemed worthy of these awards due to the musical pieces they performed, even if they did not have an official duty. There are records of these awards given by the state in the archives. In this study, 138 documents related to the subject in the Directorate of State ArchivesOttoman Archives were identified, and the records of these documents are listed. Our research was limited to Ottoman archive documents. In addition, information and document examples about musicians mentioned in the papers are given without distinguishing between local and foreign.

 Artists have always been appreciated for the artifacts they have produced and have been rewarded with some gifts as a result. In different periods of history, heads of the state have given awards to appreciate and reward the artifacts they have liked. These awards have been given names such as order, certificate, favor and medal The qualities of these gifts have varied according to the power of the state or the value it places on art. The Ottoman State, our field of research, has also given awards according to the situation or person the sultan appreciated. Ottoman Sultans have given state orders, medals, titles, and awards to local or foreign people for situations worthy of appreciation in the eyes of the state. These awards given by the state have provided the recipient with both material and spiritual prestige. People have started competing in their fields to be honoured with these awards. This situation has become a kind of encouragement for art and artists. In this way, both the quality of the artifact the artist has produced increases and it has an encouraging quality for the artifacts the artist will make later. Musicians are also among the artists who were given the awards mentioned above. These awards, granted by the sultan for a piece they played, sang or composed, are of different degrees and characteristics. The recipients of the awards consist of local or foreign musicians. There have been people from all levels of the state in terms of position and rank and also artists who were deemed worthy of these awards due to the musical pieces they performed, even if they did not have an official duty. There are records of these awards given by the state in the archives. In this study, 138 documents related to the subject in the Directorate of State ArchivesOttoman Archives were identified, and the records of these documents are listed. Our research was limited to Ottoman archive documents. In addition, information and document examples about musicians mentioned in the papers are given without distinguishing between local and foreign.

 Artists have always been appreciated for the artifacts they have produced and have been rewarded with some gifts as a result. In different periods of history, heads of the state have given awards to appreciate and reward the artifacts they have liked. These awards have been given names such as order, certificate, favor and medal The qualities of these gifts have varied according to the power of the state or the value it places on art. The Ottoman State, our field of research, has also given awards according to the situation or person the sultan appreciated. Ottoman Sultans have given state orders, medals, titles, and awards to local or foreign people for situations worthy of appreciation in the eyes of the state. These awards given by the state have provided the recipient with both material and spiritual prestige. People have started competing in their fields to be honoured with these awards. This situation has become a kind of encouragement for art and artists. In this way, both the quality of the artifact the artist has produced increases and it has an encouraging quality for the artifacts the artist will make later. Musicians are also among the artists who were given the awards mentioned above. These awards, granted by the sultan for a piece they played, sang or composed, are of different degrees and characteristics. The recipients of the awards consist of local or foreign musicians. There have been people from all levels of the state in terms of position and rank and also artists who were deemed worthy of these awards due to the musical pieces they performed, even if they did not have an official duty. There are records of these awards given by the state in the archives. In this study, 138 documents related to the subject in the Directorate of State ArchivesOttoman Archives were identified, and the records of these documents are listed. Our research was limited to Ottoman archive documents. In addition, information and document examples about musicians mentioned in the papers are given without distinguishing between local and foreign.

 Sanatçılar her dönem ortaya koydukları eserler sayesinde takdir toplamış ve bunun neticesinde bazı hediyelerle ödüllendirilmişlerdir. Tarihin farklı dönemlerinde devlet başkanları beğendikleri sanat eserlerini takdir ve taltif etmek amaçlı ödüller vermişlerdir. Bu ödüller nişan, berat, taltif ve madalya gibi isimler almışlardır. Bu hediyelerin nitelikleri devletin gücüne göre veya sanata verdiği değere göre farklılıklar arz etmiştir. Araştırma alanımız olan Osmanlı Devleti de padişahın takdir ettiği durum veya kişiye göre ödüllendirmeler yapmıştır. Osmanlı Padişahları yerli veya yabancı insanlara devlet nezdinde takdire şayan durumlar için devlet nişanları, madalyalar, unvanlar ve taltifler vermişlerdir. Devlet tarafından verilen bu ödüller, alan kişiye maddi anlamda olduğu kadar manevi anlamda da itibar sağlamıştır. İnsanlar bu ödüllere mazhar olabilmek için kendi alanlarında yarışır hale gelmişlerdir. Bu durum bir nevi sanatı ve sanatçıları teşvik edici bir hal almıştır. Bu sayede hem sanatçının yapmış olduğu sanat ve eserin kalitesi artmakta hem de daha sonra ortaya koyacağı eserler için sanatçıyı teşvik edici nitelik taşımaktadır. Zikredilen ödüllerin verildiği sanatçılar arasında mûsikîşinaslar da yer almaktadır. Çaldığı, söylediği veya bestelediği bir eser sayesinde padişah tarafından ihsan edilen bu ödüller farklı derecelerde ve özelliklerdedir. Ödülleri alan kişiler yerli veya yabancı mûsikîşinaslardan oluşmaktadır. Makam, mevki olarak devletin her kademesinden insanlar veya resmi görevi olmasa bile icra etmiş olduğu mûsikî eseri nedeniyle bu ödüllere layık görülen sanatçılar olmuştur. Devlet tarafından verilen bu ödüllere ait arşivlerde kayıtlar yer almaktadır. Bu çalışmada Cumhurbaşkanlığı Devlet Arşivleri Başkanlığı Osmanlı Arşivinde yer alan konu ile ilgili 138 belge tespit edilmiş olup, bu belgelerin kayıtları liste halinde verilmiştir. Araştırmamız Osmanlı arşiv vesikaları ile sınırlı tutulmuştur. Ayrıca yerli-yabancı ayrımı yapılmadan belgelerde geçen mûsikîşinaslar hakkında bilgiler ve belgeler örnekleri ile verilmiştir.

Article Details

State Orders and Medals Awarded to Musicians in Ottoman Archive Documents

Authors:

İrfan Yiğit

Publisher:

Van Yuzuncu Yıl University

Main Topics:

Dini Musiki

Journal:

Van İlahiyat Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 21, pp.36-53

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001333605

pISSN:

2667-615X

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Article Details

Authors: İrfan Yiğit

Publisher: Van Yuzuncu Yıl University

Main Topics: Dini Musiki

Journal: Van İlahiyat Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 21, pp.36-53

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2024

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001333605

pISSN: 2667-615X

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Authors:

İrfan Yiğit

Publisher:

Van Yuzuncu Yıl University

Main Topics:

Dini Musiki

Journal:

Van İlahiyat Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 21, pp.36-53

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2024

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001333605

pISSN:

2667-615X