Reading the Music Revolution through the “The Song of the Nations” Film (1930) and “The Nightingale of Türkiye” (1931) Vocal Contests

Music is a cultural phenomenon with an important place in daily life practices. The Westernization movement that started with the Tanzimat during the Ottoman era was also reflected in the field of music and then placed on an academic basis during Türkiye’s Republican period. In the first years of th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ceyhun Öğreten
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Istanbul University Press 2023-12-01
Series:Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları
Subjects:
Online Access:https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/D9D914A9F34D40F4849727608C350223
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Music is a cultural phenomenon with an important place in daily life practices. The Westernization movement that started with the Tanzimat during the Ottoman era was also reflected in the field of music and then placed on an academic basis during Türkiye’s Republican period. In the first years of the Republic, various ideas emerged about the content of the reforms to be made in the field of music. Atatürk stated that Turkish music should be based on folk music and that other reform efforts would be incomplete if no reform was made to music. In this context, Western-based institutional steps were taken in the field of music. Vocal competitions were held in 1930 and 1931 in order to internalize the targetedmusical revolution for the public. This study examines and evaluates the sound competitions held in 1930 and 1931 through the press of the time and the literature on this field within the framework of the music revolution.
ISSN:2547-9679