A Biography of the Turkish Composer Ahmed Adhan Saygun and a Discussion of His Violin Works

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In this revision of his dissertation (written for a PhD in music at Florida State U.) Giray provides a biography of Saygun, a description of the Turkish modes used in his music, a survey of the folk elements in Saygun's works for violin, an analysis of his Suite for violin and piano, and an annotated list of his works with a discography. Giray (music, Pittsburg State U.), a musician conversant in western and Turkish music, traveled in his native Turkey to study folk music as part of his research for this work. The biography and analysis of Saygun is based in part on critical sources in Turkish. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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In this revision of his dissertation (written for a PhD in music at Florida State U.) Giray provides a biography of Saygun, a description of the Turkish modes used in his music, a survey of the folk elements in Saygun's works for violin, an analysis of his Suite for violin and piano, and an annotated list of his works with a discography. Giray (music, Pittsburg State U.), a musician conversant in western and Turkish music, traveled in his native Turkey to study folk music as part of his research for this work. The biography and analysis of Saygun is based in part on critical sources in Turkish. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface
Foreword
Introduction 1
I Saygun's Biography 5
II Saygun's Harmonic And Melodic Vocabulary: Modes 13
A The Turkish Modes: A General Survey 13
B Saygun and Turkish Modes in an Ethnomusicological Context 22
C Saygun and Turkish Modes in a Compositional Context 23
III A Discussion of the Folk Elements Found in Saygun's Violin Works 31
A Horon 31
B Kemence 33
C Agir Zeybek 39
D A Kastamonian Dance: Sepetcioglu 43
E The Unmetered Turkish Folk Singing Style: Uzun Hava 44
F Illustrations 49
IV A Discussion of Saygun's Suite for Violin and Piano 53
A Prelude [Prelud] 54
B Horon 58
C Zeybek [Agir Zeybek] 62
D Kastamonian Dance [Sepetcioglu] 65
V An Annotated List of Saygun's Works and a Discography 71
A Translations 71
B An Annotated List of Compositions 72
C The Works Without an Opus Number 78
D Books 78
E Articles 80
F A Discography 84
Conclusion 89
App A Guide to Turkish Pronunciation 91
Bibliography 93
Index 99

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