Career
With over a thousand works to his name, although only about forty of these have survived to this day, he is regarded as the master of Turkish classical music In 2012, due to the 300th anniversary of Itri’s death, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization declared 2012 the "International Itri Year". Many things known about him today are subject to dispute.
His real name was Mustafa, and he was sometimes referred to as Buhurizade Mustafa Efendi.
Itri was a major exponent of Turkish classical music He was a very prolific composer with more than a thousand works.
However, only about forty of these survived to this day, the rest being lost. He lived through the times of five Ottoman Sultans.
He became well known during the time of Mehmet IV. He sang in fasils, which are concert programs with the same makam, in the presence of Mehmet IV. Starting from this time, he enjoyed the support of the palace for many years.
He taught music in the palace Enderun school. He was also interested in gardening. lieutenant is believed that his name Itri comes from the word itir, which means pelargonium.
As with most composers of his day, Itri was also a famous poet.
He used poetic forms based on the classicial Ottoman school of poetry (Divan), as well as those based on syllabic meters identified with folk music and poetry. Unfortunately most of his poetry has not survived to this day.
He was also known for being a calligrapher. Itri"s portrait is depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 100 lira banknote issued in 2009.