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THE COLLECTION OF TURKISH FOLK MUSIC AND ITS CURRENT SITUATION
THE COLLECTION OF TURKISH FOLK MUSIC AND ITS CURRENT SITUATION

Author(s): Songül Karahasanoğlu
Subject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Music
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: folklorism; popular music; Turkish folk music;

Summary/Abstract: The article gives a picture of the folk music life in Turkey. Turkish folk music has undergone drastic change because of the social and cultural development. The country is entering a specially rapid process of industrialization. The expansion of technology, industry and consumer economy enhanced globalization in Turkey. The worldwide uniformity is due to the interaction of economic and cultural phenomena. The source of folk music has not been extinguished, rather people have formed a new kind of music depending on the changing cultural, social and economic conditions.

  • Issue Year: 47/2002
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 255-262
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English