COMPOSERS AND PERFORMERS

NEYZEN AZİZ DEDE

Neyzen Aziz Dede was born in Üsküdar in 1840. In his youth, he went to Egypt. Here he entered the Cairo Mevlevîhane, where he studied music. He died in 1905. His instrumental works especially, are masterpieces. Today, we have one of his peþrevs and six saz semâisis of his.