Mecidiye Marşı: Difference between revisions

The '''Mecidiye Marşı''' was the [[national anthem]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] during the reign of [[Abdülmecid I]] (1839–1861).<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Turkey.html Turkey<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> There were different anthems for each sultan.<ref>[http://www.nationalanthems.info/ote.htm Ottoman Empire - nationalanthems.info<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]] visited the imperial capital and composed a paraphrase to this march named as ''Op. 87 Grande Paraphrase de la Marche de J. Donizetti.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Şirin Akbulut|first=Demirci|title=FRANZ LISZT IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE|url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/257401|journal=INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITY STUDIES|volume=Vol 3, No 2, 2011 ISSN: 1309-8063 (Online)}}</ref> Donizetti had another march, Büyük Askerî Marş composed for Abdülmecid I during the same period.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=BAYDAR|first=Evren KUTLAY|title=OSMANLIDA GÖREVLİ İKİ İTALYAN MÜZİSYEN: GIUSEPPE DONIZETTI VE CALLISTO GUATELLI|url=https://www.acarindex.com/dosyalar/makale/acarindex-1423939573.pdf|journal=Zeitschrift für die Welt der Türken}}</ref> Donizetti mentions Liszt enjoying the two imperial marches and obtaining the notes from him to play them as variations.<ref name=":0" />