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Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi (1778-1846) was a composer of Turkish classical music. He was born on 9 January 1778, in Istanbul, Sehzadebasi. He started studying music with Mehmed Emin Efendi, at the age of eight. He attended rituals at Yenikapi Mevlevihane, a place of Mevlevi gathering. He studied with Ali Nutki Dede and learned to play ney, in Yenikapi Mevlevihane. He became Dede in 1799. Dede Efendi's music was well appreciated by Sultan Selim III and then he performed his works at the palace. He had composed hundreds of songs and mevlevi rituals. In 1846 he pilgrimaged to Mecca, but in Mina contracted cholera and died. His grave is now in Mecca.

One of the greatest Turkish composers. He has created masterpieces in all forms and modes of Turkish music. He has also developed the composite musical modes of "sultan yegah", "neveser", "saba buselik", "hicaz buselik" and "Araban kürdi". His greatest works are the seven Mevlevi pieces for Samah. More than 200 hundred of his compositions are available today.

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