Summary: | Avni Anil, one of the important composers of the 20th century, was born on April 23rd 1928 in Üsküdar. Avni
Anıl, who has writing and publishing skills as well as being a composer, published various books, magazines
and musical note fascicles. The composer, who started his musical education at the Üsküdar Music
Community, describes Emin Ongan, who was also the chairman and teacher of the community, as his only
and last teacher. Avni Anıl, who was interested in composing, took the first step into composing with the
encouragement of teacher Emin Ongan and continued it with the support of his artist friends. Avni Anil, who
stated his desire to be a man of the age with his compositions, broke a new ground in Turkish Music. Avni
Anil has 153 works composed in total, including 152 in song form and 1 in religious form. The aim of this
study is to determine the maqam routes used by Avni Anil in his works in the maqam of Acemkurdi, Mahur
and Uşşak, to determine whether the maqam is in its base structure and to find out the differences, if there
is any. In this study, some information about the maqams has been provided using the literature review
method. Regarding its serving as an example for simple, shed and unified maqams, Avni Anil's works in the
3 different mentioned maqams have been analyzed and the routes and medleys in them have been
determined. As a result of this analysis, which was carried out taking into account the issues in the structure
of the maqam, the authority usage technique in the works of Avni Anil has been reached and identified.
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