Cemal Reşit Rey
Cemal Reşit Rey was a Turkish composer, pianist, script writer and conductor. He was well known for a string of successful and popular Turkish-language operettas for which his brother Ekrem Reşit Rey wrote the librettos.
He was born on 25 October 1904 in Jerusalem and died on 7 October 1985 in Istanbul. He was one of the five pioneers of Western classical music in Turkey known as 'The Turkish Five' in the first half of the 20th century. Notable students include Yüksel Koptagel, a Turkish composer and pianist.Works
Operas
- La Geisha
- Yarın Marek
- Faire sans dire
- Sultan Cem
- L'Enchantement
- Zeybek
- Köyde Bir Facia
- Çelebi
Operettas
- Le Petit Chaperon rouge
- Üç Saat
- Lüküs Hayat
- Deli Dolu
- Saz Caz
- Maskara
- Hava Cıva
- Yaygara 70
- Uy! Balon Dünya
- Bir İstanbul Masalı
Musical revues
- Adalar Revüsü
- Alabanda
- Aldırma
For theatre, film and radio
- Özyurt
- For Shakespeare's Macbeth
- For Shakespeare's Hamlet
- For Shakespeare's King Lear
- Lafonten Baba
- Bataklı Damın Kızı Aysel
- Benli Hürmüz
Orchestral works
- La Legende du Bebek
- Three Pieces for Orchestra
- Scènes turques
- Karagöz
- Paysages de soleil
- Instantanes
- Initiation
- Symphony No. 1
- L'Appel
- Fatih
- Scherzi symphoniques
- Symphonic Concerto
- Symphony No. 2
- Türkiye
- Ellinci Yıla Giriş
Concertos and concertantes
- Introduction and Dance for cello and orchestra
- Chromatic Concerto for piano and orchestra
- Poème for Ondes Martenot and strings
- Violin Concerto
- Concertante Pieces
- Variations on an Old Istanbul Folk Song for piano and orchestra
- Andante and Allegro for violin solo and string orchestra
- Guitar Concerto
- Concerto for piano and orchestra
Voice and orchestra
- Chants d'Anatolie
- Two Songs
- Two Anatolian Folk Songs
- Mystique
- Vocalise–Fantaisie
- Three Anatolian Folk Songs
- Arrangements of Schubert, Brahms, Scarlatti, Paisiello for voice and strings
Choral works
- Çayır İnce
- Anatolian Folk Songs
- Ten Folk Songs
- Two Songs
Voice and piano
- Je me demande
- Three Melodies
- Initiales sur un banc
- Chanson du printemps
- Au jardin
- L'Offrande lyrique
- Nocturne
- Twelve Anatolian Folk Songs
- Folk Songs
- Twelve Melodies
- Vatan
- Four Melodies
- Paris Sokakları
Chamber Music
Solo Piano
- Waltz
- Sonata
- Sarı Zeybek
- Scènes turques
- Souvenirs d'automne
- Sonatina
- Paysages de soleil
- Sonata
- Pélerinages dans la ville qui n'est plus que souvenir
- Fantaisie
- Two Pieces
- Ten Folk Songs
- Twelve Preludes and Fugues
- Improvisation
Marches
in Istanbul is named after him.
