@article{2019,title={TRANSFORMATION OF OTTOMAN – TURKISH MUSIC THEORY TRADITION: CANTEMIR AND PADUA SCHOOL },abstractNode={Dimitri Cantemir is considered to be a name beyond the century not only because of developing a letter note but also with the determination of the repertoire of the ‘peşrev’ and instrumental ‘semai’ of the period. Additionally, he rejected the current understanding of absolute theory of old edwars. Instead of calculation based theory approach, considering Istanbul centered Ottoman-Turkish ‘living’ music as the main subject of his treatise was probably the most distinguished feature of Cantemir. Many music scientists, researchers and authors prepared important reference piece of art about the Works of Dimitri Cantemir who was a composer, music theorist and historian. However, another aspect which is already being examined by music researchers but should be studied in more details is the subject of the continuity of the tradition and its reading in direction of its transformation. Cantemir discovered new Aristo-ism and idea of Thales, the great Greek philosopher in Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, through his teacher Meletius and his teacher Jan Baptizta Van Helmont. He gained a much deeper point of view thanks to his teacher Aleksandr Mavrokordato. Researches of Kantemir’s positive science approach to music should be started exactly from this point. In this study, Cantemir’s music approach that aims to combine musical performance and theory as a brunch of positive sciences, will be evaluated analytically. Through that process, his departure from the commonly appreciated approach will be interpreted through the transformation of tradition. },author={Gözde ÇOLAKOĞLU SARI-Şengül ALTUN ÖNEY},year={2019},journal={Turkish Studies - Historical Analysis}}