The Arabesk Debate Music and Musicians in Modern Turkey

by Stokes, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780198273677
• ISBN10: 0198273673
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-02-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This social anthropological account of music in Turkey is based on an ethnographic study of popular musicians in Istanbul. Stokes discusses the state and national cultural policy in Turkey, emphasizing the life of the "Arabesk" musicians, their performances, text, and their representation of emotion.

Table of Contents

Technical Notes
List of Figures
Introduction	p. 1
Centres and Peripheries	p. 4
Cities and Migrants	p. 8
Discourses of Sentiment	p. 11
Field-work	p. 14
Discovering the Folk and Their Music	p. 20
Turkism	p. 22
Ziya Gokalp and the Turkish Theory of Culture	p. 25
The Language Reforms	p. 28
The Construction of a National Music, from Gokalp to the TRT	p. 33
Reform in Action: the Institutions of Urban Halk Music	p. 36
Dernek and Dershane	p. 43
'Rule, System, and Technique': Reconstructing Turkish Folk Music	p. 50
Defining Boundaries: Makam and Ayak	p. 50
Individuality and Invention	p. 55
Notation	p. 58
The Baglama	p. 70
Regional Style: Tavir and Duzen	p. 76
The Elektrosaz, the Piyasa and the Polyphony Debate: Live and Studio Performance of Halk Music	p. 81
Arabesk	p. 89
Musicological Critique: Arabesk and Arab Music	p. 92
Sociological Critique: The Gecekondu Problem and 'Dolmus' Culture	p. 99
Arabesk and Religious Reaction (Irtica)	p. 109
The Musicians	p. 114
Audiences	p. 124
Arabesk Lyrics and Narratives	p. 133
Predicative Metaphors of Sound: Yanmak and Yakmak	p. 134
Narratives of Music: The Arabesk Film	p. 138
The Arabesk Song Text and the Interior Domain	p. 142
Arabesk and Protest: The Social Domain and the Gariban	p. 149
Fate Love and Self	p. 154
Hal and Urban Space	p. 157
Emotions and Secrets	p. 160
The Musical Organization of Arabesk	p. 163
Inspiration	p. 163
The Recording Studio	p. 166
Makam in Arabesk: 'Sevda Gozlum'	p. 172
Structure and Modality in Fantezi: 'Dunya Donuyor'	p. 181
Usul and Disorder	p. 192
Arabesk and Sema	p. 203
Sema	p. 205
The Language of Sema: the Secret and the Feast	p. 214
The Dance	p. 217
Tasavvuf and the Music of the Spheres	p. 220
Conclusion	p. 222
Appendix A. Makam and Ayak	p. 229
Appendix B. Sarki and Turku Texts	p. 232
Bibliography	p. 249
Glossary of Musical Terms	p. 257
Index	p. 259
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