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A Musical Map of Different Turkic-Speaking Peoples as Based on Field Work from 1936 until the Present

Sipos, János (2012) A Musical Map of Different Turkic-Speaking Peoples as Based on Field Work from 1936 until the Present. International Review of Turkish Studies, 2 (4). pp. 46-61. ISSN 2211-3975

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Abstract

János Sipos, A musical map of different Turkic-Speaking peoples as Based on Field Work from 1936 untill the Present Let us quote Bruno Nettl “Though comparative study of all sorts is always being undertaken, things that are considered old-fashioned return as new discoveries.” And really to write a comparative study on the musical styles of Turkic people seems a good idea, as these people has been playing an essential role in Asia, their music is very important to get acquainted with the Central Asian musical world. We do not know the folk music of many Turkic people. Lexicons are sometimes too sloppy, and many articles in this topic contain no or only a few transcriptions or analysis. However in the first half of the 20th century a research series had begun. The first steps were about the eastern connections of the Hungarian folk music, but the research soon turned to a comprehensive musical study of a large area. In 1936 Béla Bartók did his Anatolian expedition, then in 1957-1978 László Vikár collected and analyzed the folk music of Chuvas, Tatar and Bashkir people and from 1987 till our days I have been continuing this research among Anatolian Turk (also Alevi-Bektashis), Azeri, Karachay, Western and Mongolian Kazakh and Kyrgyz people. The research ranged over the music of some non-Turkic people as well (Tuvanian, Iranian, Jews etc.). In my paper I introduce some lessons of this many-decades research and also try to sketch a map of the main styles of the Turkic speaking people. Due to lack of space and time I cannot introduce all of the folk music styles belonging to these people, I can only describe with broad brushstrokes one or two important musical layers of a few of them. However the reader will learn some important general tendencies. I touch the following questions too: What kind of connection is there between the musical and linguistic relationship of the Turkic-speaking people? Is it worth the trouble to be on the track of ancient Turkic musical layers? In the end I draw the attention of the ethnomusicologist colleagues to the importance of comparative Turkic folk music research and suggest a coordinated work in order to discover, describe and compare the most important musical styles in the Turkic-speaking world.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / földrajz, antropológia, kikapcsolódás > GR Folklore / etnológia, folklór, kulturális antropológia
M Music and Books on Music / zene, szövegkönyvek, kották > ML Literature of music / zeneirodalom, zeneművek
Depositing User: Dr. János Sipos
Date Deposited: 05 Feb 2014 10:07
Last Modified: 06 Apr 2023 07:13
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/9595

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