The "March of Mejid" (tr. Mecidiye Marşı) was the second imperial anthem of the Ottoman Empire under the reign of Sultan Abdülmecid I. The march is a western-style composition, played in a minor key. It was composed by Italian composer Giuseppe Donazetti, the former leader of the Sultan's band at the time.
Franz Liszt visited the Ottoman capital of Constantinople where he composed a paraphrase to this march titled Op. 87 Grande Paraphrase de la Marche de J. Donizetti.[1][2]
This march was the successor to the "March of Mahmud", which was the first personal anthem of an Ottoman Sultan, and the first anthem of the Ottoman Empire. Before Abdülmecid came to power, the Ottoman Empire was under the rule of Sultan Mahmud II, the 30th Sultan who is known for introducing western-style reforms in the empire. This included military and imperial bands. The first band was led by Giuseppe Donzetti (known by Donizetti Pasha in the Ottoman Empire), who also composed the first imperial march of the Ottoman Empire.[3]
The "Mecidiye Marşı" was replaced by the "Aziziye Marşı", another western-style composition by Donazetti's successor, Callisto Guatelli, when Sultan Abdülaziz came to throne.
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- ↑ FRANZ LISZT IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE (2011). Şirin Akbulut, Demirci. International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies. 3 (2).
- ↑ FRANZ LISZT: Grande Paraphrase de la Marche de Giuseppe Donizetti - COSTANTINO CATENA, piano (2020-11-18). Costantino Catena via YouTube.
- ↑ Ottoman Empire (1829-1839, 1918-1922) – nationalanthems.info