MUTLU, Kubilay Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi - Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi, Turkey

The Changing Musical Representations of Folk: From The Ottomans to the Present Politic Imagination of Music, Politic Music of Imagination

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This paper largely investigates the politic imagination of music and politic music of imagination in the founding years of the Ottomans to the present by looking at representation of music. From the Ottomans to the present, the changing musical representations of folk can be understood in the context of the changing social groups called as“folk”. In this connection, “folk” as the series of solidarity which has continuously changing boundaries is the key concept to understand politic imagination of music. The difference of music policy between the Ottoman and early Republican Turkey is the direction of the project. For Ottomans, western classical music is the a kind of ‘mask’ which only serves in the palace. On the contrary for early Republican Turkey western classical music is serve as social engineering project, which is applied on whole country. This process can be understood among the nation-states as a legitimate quest. Especially prominent in the 2000s fragmented social cases are striking; Also this historical process can be read as traditional, modern and post modern processes. The story of change that is started with Mehter and then keeps going with western classical music, is traceable in the context of election songs of today.

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Folk , Nation State , Imagined Communities , Folk Music , Musical Representation.

Afyon Kocatepe University Academic Music Research Journal

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