Classification of Instrumental Works of Traditional Turkish Classical Music Featured in the Radio Program Ses ve Saz Dünyamızdan

Project no. 33082 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2025

Summary

<p>The&nbsp;project&nbsp;focuses&nbsp;on&nbsp;incorporating&nbsp;the&nbsp;instrumental&nbsp;works&nbsp;found&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;recordings&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;radio&nbsp;program&nbsp;“Ses&nbsp;ve&nbsp;Saz&nbsp;Dünyamızdan”&nbsp;(From&nbsp;Our&nbsp;World&nbsp;of&nbsp;Voice&nbsp;and&nbsp;Music),&nbsp;broadcast&nbsp;on&nbsp;TRT,&nbsp;into&nbsp;academic&nbsp;discourse&nbsp;by&nbsp;classifying&nbsp;them&nbsp;under&nbsp;headings&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;genre,&nbsp;maqam,&nbsp;usûl,&nbsp;title,&nbsp;composer,&nbsp;and&nbsp;performer.&nbsp;The&nbsp;radio&nbsp;program&nbsp;“Ses&nbsp;ve&nbsp;Saz&nbsp;Dünyamızdan,”&nbsp;produced&nbsp;by&nbsp;Ali&nbsp;Rıza&nbsp;Avni&nbsp;Tınaz,&nbsp;has&nbsp;secured&nbsp;its&nbsp;place&nbsp;in&nbsp;history&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;longest-running&nbsp;radio&nbsp;program,&nbsp;having&nbsp;been&nbsp;included&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Guinness&nbsp;Book&nbsp;of&nbsp;World&nbsp;Records&nbsp;for&nbsp;its&nbsp;37-year&nbsp;run.</p><p>As&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;two&nbsp;R&amp;D&nbsp;projects&nbsp;completed&nbsp;under&nbsp;the&nbsp;auspices&nbsp;of&nbsp;EÜDTMK,&nbsp;Ali&nbsp;Rıza&nbsp;Avni’s&nbsp;entire&nbsp;archive&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;digitized.&nbsp;However,&nbsp;since&nbsp;the&nbsp;archival&nbsp;recordings&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;“Ses&nbsp;ve&nbsp;Saz&nbsp;Dünyamızdan”&nbsp;radio&nbsp;program&nbsp;were&nbsp;not&nbsp;cataloged&nbsp;within&nbsp;the&nbsp;scope&nbsp;of&nbsp;these&nbsp;projects,&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;inconsistencies&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;title-content&nbsp;context,&nbsp;resulting&nbsp;in&nbsp;incorrect&nbsp;and&nbsp;incomplete&nbsp;data&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;work&nbsp;citations.&nbsp;Recognizing&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;archive,&nbsp;in&nbsp;its&nbsp;current&nbsp;state&nbsp;resembling&nbsp;a&nbsp;flawed&nbsp;database,&nbsp;poses&nbsp;difficulties&nbsp;for&nbsp;researchers&nbsp;and&nbsp;interested&nbsp;parties,&nbsp;the&nbsp;goal&nbsp;was&nbsp;set&nbsp;to&nbsp;organize&nbsp;the&nbsp;archive&nbsp;and&nbsp;integrate&nbsp;it&nbsp;into&nbsp;academic&nbsp;life.&nbsp;In&nbsp;this&nbsp;context,&nbsp;the&nbsp;project&nbsp;team&nbsp;listened&nbsp;to&nbsp;all&nbsp;instrumental&nbsp;works&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;archive&nbsp;one&nbsp;by&nbsp;one&nbsp;and&nbsp;classified&nbsp;the&nbsp;recordings&nbsp;under&nbsp;detailed&nbsp;headings&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;work&nbsp;title,&nbsp;makam,&nbsp;genre,&nbsp;composer,&nbsp;usûl,&nbsp;and&nbsp;performer.&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;believed&nbsp;that&nbsp;this&nbsp;study&nbsp;will&nbsp;contribute&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;field&nbsp;due&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;material&nbsp;it&nbsp;contains&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;the&nbsp;instrumental&nbsp;repertoire&nbsp;of&nbsp;traditional&nbsp;Turkish&nbsp;music.</p>

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