The Study on the Marches Composed for the 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the marches composed for the 100th anniversary of our republic and published on YouTube, a video sharing and social media platform. The 100th anniversary of the Republic was welcomed with great enthusiasm in Türkiye and thousands of projects coordinated by the state institutions were carried out. The most notable of these projects are the creation of a special logo containing the number 100, the infinity sign and the crescent and star, and the realization of the 100th Anniversary Anthem Composition and Poetry Competition. In addition to this competition organized by the Presidential Directorate of Communications, municipalities and various educational institutions organized march competitions, and various pop singers composed marches and published them in the media, resulting in dozens of 100th Anniversary marches. While the marches published on YouTube and analyzed in this study were scanned and detected, the search filter was determined according to their relevance. The top 15 marches according to their number of views were examined. Marches were examined according to the full name of the march, songwriter and composer, number of views, tonality, vocal ranges, solo/choir vocalization criteria. A descriptive survey model was used in the research and the results were releaved by the descriptive analysis method. It has been determined that the most watched 7 of the first 15 marches were composed by pop singers other than Fazıl Say. In terms of vocal ranges, it is noteworthy that the march that belongs to the widest pitch limit with the third octave G and the fifth octave D (G3-D5) is the most watched march. When we look at the published marches in general, it is concluded that pop singers showed great interest in composition.

Keywords: Music, March, Composition, 100th Anniversary, 100th Anniversary March

DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/14-5-05

Publication date: June 30^th 2024