Acknowledgements
Image credits.
Historical images are presented for research, education, and contextual interpretation. Full shelfmarks and object references appear with the corresponding images on the Instruments and Sources pages.
Special thanks
Ensemble Rûm extends its special thanks to KÜME Vakfı—especially Ali Ulvi Mıhoğlu, Murat Kösemen, Şaban Demirdağ, and Salim Uçar—and to Ergin Ali, Alper Maral, Ömer İpek, Mustafa Selçuk Eraslan, and Özata Ayan for their valued support.
Instrument makers
Ensemble Rûm gratefully acknowledges the instrument makers whose craftsmanship has helped bring the ensemble’s historical sound world to life: Ömer Akpınar, Burak Albayrak, Ramazan Calay, Mustafa Gencer, Hüseyin Fırat, Murat Yerden, Burak Copcuoğlu, Mahdi Khoshrouy, Selim Süha Sağbaş, and Serdar Karuç.
Historical collections
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
Freer Gallery of Art / Smithsonian Institution
Harvard Art Museums / Arthur M. Sackler Museum
İstanbul University Library
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Topkapı Palace Museum Library
Uppsala University Library
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Biblioteca Comunale dell’Archiginnasio, Bologna
Metin And slide archive
Performance photography
Performance photographs are drawn from Ensemble Rûm’s concert archive. For publication permissions and photographer-specific credits, contact the ensemble before reuse.
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