Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences

Abstract

Turkish music reached the highest success in the period of Sultan III. Selim of Ottoman Empire. Sultan III Selim was a composer, a Ney player, a Tanbur player as a musician. As a result of Turkish music education named "Meshk" given in Enderun, important composers were educated in this period and so, the music school of the Sultan III. Selim was appeared. In our research, III Selim's view on music, the specialities of the school of his music and participations of the musicians, educated at the music school on Turkish music education will be analysed. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.