Tuzcuoğlu Mehmet Ali

Tuzcuoğlu Mehmet Ali Efendi
Birth name Mehmet Ali Bey
Also known as Tuzcuoğlu
Born 19th century
Görele, Ottoman Empire
Origin Görele, Turkey
Died 1870s
Görele, Ottoman Empire (present-day Görele, Giresun Province, Turkey)
Genres Kemençe
Occupation(s) Kemençe player
Years active 1870s

Tuzcuoğlu Mehmet Ali (Turkish: [tuzdʒuˈoːɫu ˈmeːmet ˈali], Ottoman Turkish: طوزجى اوغلى محمد على; born, lived and died in the 19th century, Görele, Ottoman Empire) was a Turkish kemençe player and horon music composer from Görele[1] in Giresun province. His song "Tuzcuoğlu Horon havası" is still played in Görele by kemençe players.

He was also a kemençe tutor. He tutored Kodalak Halil Ağa who was the tutor of Picoğlu Osman.[2]

References

  1. http://www.gorele.gen.tr/haber.php?id=2831
  2. Çiçek, Seyfullah, Piçoğlu Osman, ISBN 9944-5433-0-6