An Analysis on the Musical Approaches Between the Violoncello and Other Works of Turkish Five Composers in Terms of Composition Period

Abstract

One of the breakthroughs that occurred along with the establishment of the Turkish Republic was in the field of art. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who attached great importance to art, supported every kind of development in this field and became a pioneer even in hard conditions. Composers, who lived in the first years of the Turkish Republic and are called Turkish Five today, made great effort for the development of art in our country. These composers had studied abroad through the scholarships provided by Ministry of National Education and made breakthroughs when they came back to our country after having made great progress in their fields. Cemal Reşit Rey, Hasan Ferid Alnar, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Ahmed Adnan Saygun and Necil Kazım Akses are regarded as Turkish Five. Each of them brought in important works in the field of art and contributed a lot to the introduction of Turkish music to the world. In this study, Turkish Five were analyzed in terms of their composition period. Analysis of the common points of violoncello works of the composers as well as other works they composed in the same period and their musical approaches was aimed.  In which year and by which composer the works were composed are going to be analyzed and periodic similarities and differences are going to be presented. There are violoncello works of the composers in literature except Ulvi Cemal Erkin.

Keywords: Violoncello, Rey, Alnar, Erkin, Saygun, Akses, Turkish Five

DOI: 10.7176/ADS/96-02

Publication date: November 30^th 2021