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A biography of the Turkish composer Ahmed Adhan Saygun and a discussion of his violin works / Selim Giray.
| Author/creator | Giray, Selim |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen Press, 2003. |
| Description | x, 102 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in the history and interpretation of music ; v. 94 Studies in the history and interpretation of music ; v. 94. ^A231525 |
| Contents | Saygun's biography -- Saygun's harmonic and melodic vocabulary: modes. The Turkish modes: a general survey ; Saygun and Turkish modes in an ethnomusicological context ; Saygun and Turkish modes in a compositional context -- A discussion of the folk elements found in Saygun's violin works. Horon ; Kemence ; Agir Zeybek ; A Kastamonian dance: Sepetcioglu ; The unmetered Turkish folk singing style: Uzun Hava ; Illustrations. An autographed portrait of Saygun ; A map of Turkey ; The horon dance ; The kemence ; The kemence bow hold -- A discussion of Saygun's Suite for violin and piano. Prelude (Prelud) ; Horon ; Zeybek (Agir Zeybek) ; Kastamonian dance (Sepetcioglu) -- An annotated list of Saygun's works and a discography. Translations ; An annotated list of compositions ; The works without an opus number ; Books ; Articles ; A discography -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A guide to Turkish pronunciation. |
| Abstract | Adnan Saygun, one of the leading composers of the Turkish Five, was a serious ethnomusicologist who led the fieldwork in gathering folk material, and collaborated with the prominent musicological researcher and composer Béla Bartók. Saygun's music is published and recorded and performed internationally. After a biography, this study uses Saygun's violin music to discuss his practice of utilizing Turkish folk elements in Turkish classical music. It thus provides the non-Turkish performer with an understanding of the performance practice of the authentic Turkish folk idiom in Saygun's original compositions and Turkish classical music. A list of Saygun's works (revised by the composer) and a discography follow. |
| Bibliography note | Includes discography (pages 84-87), bibliographical references (pages 93-98), and index. |
| LCCN | 2002037989 |
| ISBN | 077346879X (hc.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.S2135 G57 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |