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Peruz Terzakyan

Peruz Terzakyan

Armenian woman singer who created Kanto music
"My broken heart is on fire."

Date of Birth: 1866

Place of Birth: Sivas

Date of Death: 1920

Place of Death: Istanbul

Burial Site: (No information available)

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Field of Activity

Kanto

Peruz Terzakyan, also known as, "Peruz the Kanto singer", "Perviz Hanım" or "Afet-i Devran" (The world's beauty), performed between 1870-1912. Peruz Terzakyan wrote her song texts and also composed her own songs. She founded the kanto group "Sahne-i Alem" (World stage) and was thus also the employer and supporter of other kanto singers, such as Flora, Violet and Küçük Virjin.

The most popular songs of Peruz Terzakyan were „ Kalbi viranım yanıyor, yok bana rahmedecek" and "Arap Kızı".

Peruz Terzakyan did not only create her own Kanto style, she was also the only Kanto artist who published her own Kanto compositions under the title "Neşe-i Dil" (Speaking joyfully). The most important historic Kanto compilation, the Nuhbe-i Elhan published by Selim Şamlı in five volumes, which lists 89 Kantos with lyrics, sheet music and composers, also contains twelve Kantos by Peruz Terzakyan.

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Education

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Contributions to Society

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Family and Friends

  • Mother: (No information available)
  • Father: (No information available)
  • Nephew:Şamram Kelleciyan (kanto singer)
  • Friends:Bestekar Şevki Bey (composer), İsmet Fahri Gülünç (actor, director)

Commemorative Projects

Documentary

Uzak bakışlı Kadınlar; Eski Zaman Çiçekleri, Part I, Script and producer: Füsün Feyizli; Director: Taha Feyizli, TRT Ankara TV, 2000.

Music Album

In the music album "Kantolar 1905-1945" there are two songs "Falcı Çingene" and "Ah Ölüyorum Efendim" written and composed from Peruz Hanım.

"Kantolar 1905-1945", CD, Kalan Müzik, Istanbul

Further Reading

Sources

Quoted sources
  • See the "Further Reading" section
  • Selim Şamlı, Nuhbe-i Elhan, İstanbul, (undated).
  • Sermet Muhtar Alus, Masal Olanlar, İstanbul, 1997.
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Translation into English: Emre Aslay, Chicago İllinois, USA
Editing: Lyndall von Dewitz, Oberasbach, Bavaria, Germany

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