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Cemal Reşit Rey was born on 25 September 1904 in Jerusalem. His father, Ahmet Reşit Bey, was a prominent diplomat of the Ottoman Empire and a writer for the literary journal Servet-i Fünûn. His mother, Fethiye Hanım, was a granddaughter of Grand Vizier İbrahim Edhem Paşa. Rey received his first music lessons from his mother and composed his first waltz at the age of eight. In 1913 he moved to Paris with his family, where he studied with the renowned pianist Marguerite Long. During World War I, R