Archiving the Turkish Classical Music Vocal Repertoire in the “From Our World of Voice and Instrument” Program from the Ali Rıza Avni Tınaz Archive: Transforming Archival Materials into Academic Knowledge

Project no. 33083 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2025

Summary

<p>This&nbsp;project&nbsp;was&nbsp;prepared&nbsp;by&nbsp;Ali&nbsp;Rıza&nbsp;Avni&nbsp;Tınaz&nbsp;an&nbsp;archivist,&nbsp;radio&nbsp;producer,&nbsp;composer,&nbsp;and&nbsp;writer,&nbsp;and&nbsp;which&nbsp;was&nbsp;broadcast&nbsp;continuously&nbsp;for&nbsp;37&nbsp;years,&nbsp;earning&nbsp;a&nbsp;place&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Guinness&nbsp;Book&nbsp;of&nbsp;World&nbsp;Records.</p><p>It&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;determined&nbsp;that&nbsp;these&nbsp;recordings,&nbsp;which&nbsp;were&nbsp;previously&nbsp;digitized&nbsp;as&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;earlier&nbsp;projects,&nbsp;have&nbsp;not&nbsp;been&nbsp;systematically&nbsp;examined;&nbsp;they&nbsp;contain&nbsp;inconsistencies&nbsp;in&nbsp;terms&nbsp;of&nbsp;titles&nbsp;and&nbsp;content,&nbsp;and&nbsp;have&nbsp;not&nbsp;been&nbsp;classified.&nbsp;Accordingly,&nbsp;the&nbsp;project&nbsp;involves&nbsp;classifying&nbsp;the&nbsp;verbal&nbsp;works&nbsp;of&nbsp;traditional&nbsp;Turkish&nbsp;music&nbsp;found&nbsp;within&nbsp;the&nbsp;digitized&nbsp;audio&nbsp;recordings&nbsp;under&nbsp;detailed&nbsp;categories—such&nbsp;as&nbsp;makam,&nbsp;genre,&nbsp;composer,&nbsp;lyricist,&nbsp;performer,&nbsp;and&nbsp;usûl—using&nbsp;accurate&nbsp;and&nbsp;reliable&nbsp;data.</p><p>The&nbsp;project&nbsp;began&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;database&nbsp;containing&nbsp;records&nbsp;of&nbsp;7,700&nbsp;works,&nbsp;including&nbsp;data&nbsp;on&nbsp;153&nbsp;different&nbsp;modes,&nbsp;111&nbsp;different&nbsp;genres,&nbsp;468&nbsp;composers,&nbsp;and&nbsp;655&nbsp;performers.&nbsp;The&nbsp;project&nbsp;team&nbsp;examined&nbsp;the&nbsp;records&nbsp;one&nbsp;by&nbsp;one&nbsp;within&nbsp;the&nbsp;framework&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;systematic&nbsp;listening&nbsp;and&nbsp;coding&nbsp;protocol;&nbsp;data&nbsp;for&nbsp;each&nbsp;piece&nbsp;was&nbsp;meticulously&nbsp;recorded&nbsp;under&nbsp;9&nbsp;different&nbsp;headings,&nbsp;resulting&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;well-organized&nbsp;and&nbsp;accessible&nbsp;archival&nbsp;structure.</p><p>The&nbsp;findings&nbsp;reveal&nbsp;that&nbsp;this&nbsp;archive&nbsp;represents&nbsp;an&nbsp;extraordinary&nbsp;wealth&nbsp;of&nbsp;documentation&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;traditional&nbsp;Turkish&nbsp;music&nbsp;repertoire.&nbsp;With&nbsp;its&nbsp;unique&nbsp;nature&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;field,&nbsp;this&nbsp;work&nbsp;serves&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;comprehensive&nbsp;reference&nbsp;source&nbsp;that&nbsp;will&nbsp;not&nbsp;only&nbsp;contribute&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;preservation&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;national&nbsp;musical&nbsp;heritage&nbsp;but&nbsp;also&nbsp;lay&nbsp;the&nbsp;groundwork&nbsp;for&nbsp;future&nbsp;research&nbsp;in&nbsp;musicology,&nbsp;ethnomusicology,&nbsp;and&nbsp;performance&nbsp;studies.</p><p>We&nbsp;would&nbsp;like&nbsp;to&nbsp;thank&nbsp;the&nbsp;Ege&nbsp;University&nbsp;State&nbsp;Conservatory&nbsp;of&nbsp;Turkish&nbsp;Music&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Scientific&nbsp;Research&nbsp;Projects&nbsp;Commission&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Ege&nbsp;University&nbsp;Rectorate&nbsp;for&nbsp;their&nbsp;support&nbsp;in&nbsp;carrying&nbsp;out&nbsp;this&nbsp;study.</p>

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