Alaturka: Style in Turkish Music (1923-1938)

by John Morgan O'Connell, Keith Howard

Overview

The early-Republican era (1923-1938) was a major period of musical and cultural change in Turkey. Representing more than twenty years of research, Alaturka: Style in Turkish Music is a study of the significance of style in Turkish music and, in particular, the polemical debate about an eastern style of Turkish music (alaturka) that developed during this rich and complicated era of Turkish history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409473077
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	11/28/2013
Series:	SOAS Musicology Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	23 MB
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About the Author

John Morgan O’Connell is director of the programme in Ethnomusicology at Cardiff University. His publications principally concern the musical traditions of the Islamic world, being especially interested in issues related to music and conflict, and music in application. He has also acted as a music consultant for a number of international organizations.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Prologue: style in Turkish music; Defining style; Debating style; A Turkish stylist; Presenting style; Representing style; Concert style; Social style; Epilogue: style in Turkish history; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'Alaturka represents a monumental study that meticulously traces and analyzes the stylistic shaping of a single artist’s career to illuminate larger issues of national culture in a post-Ottoman state. As an ethnomusicological engagement with history, the book persuades us of the embeddedness of music and the literary arts in social history, and, it is hoped, will inspire further cross-disciplinary scholarship related to music in cultural studies of the Middle East and beyond.' Ethnomusicology

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