Dilhayât Kalfa
Dilhayât Kalfa | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1780  |
| Occupation | Composer, singer |
Dilhayât Kalfa (1710? - 1780) was a musician, singer, and composer at the Ottoman court. She is regarded as the most significant female composer in the history of Ottoman music.[1]
Her title kalfa indicates that she was an enslaved woman with a relatively high status at the court. A singer and tambur player, she composed over a hundred pieces for voice and instrument, 12 of which survive today. Tradition holds that she was the teacher of Prince Selim. [1]
References
- ^ a b Feldman, Walter; Dimitrie Cantemir; Ali Ufkî (2024). Music of the Ottoman court: makam, composition and the early Ottoman instrumental repertoire. Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section one: The Near and Middle East (New edition ed.). Leiden ; Boston: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-53125-3.
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