Patterns of modernization in Turkish music as indicators of a changing society

Ergur A., Aydin Y.

MUSICAE SCIENTIAE, pp.89-108, 2005 (SSCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Journal Name: MUSICAE SCIENTIAE
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.89-108
  • Galatasaray University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background in sociology. Turkish society has experienced a profound transformation since the late eighteenth century, that has stimulated an extensive social change in which traditional modes of cultural expression have been restructured throughout capitalistic standardizations. This simplification is also observable in the structural transformation of traditional Turkish music. In fact, musical rationalization encodes the logic of an entire phase of modernization.