An Archive of Variants - Hampartsum Notation and Variability in the Transmission of Ottoman Music

Abstract

Especially Ottoman music culture is known to have a rich written music archive. When Hampartsum notebooks are compared, it is seen that these notebooks usually contain different versions of a piece of music. While there is often no explanation for these different versions, it has been observed that some variants are attributed to different composers or performers according to personal stylistic characteristics, while others are chronologically characterized as 'old-new'. In addition, in some cases the notation was corrected by the scribe or a later hand, or notes were made about the quality of the present version. The fact that musicians raised in an oral tradition (meşk system), where repetition and imitation of the teacher are of great importance, made such evaluations during the written transmission of music cannot be considered independent from the practices of the oral tradition and provide important information about the underlying musical concepts.

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