Köçekce

A Köçek

Köçekce is one of the most famous works by the Turkish composer Ulvi Cemal Erkin . The work won the music competition proclaimed by the ruling Republican People's Party and was premiered in Ankara on February 1, 1943 under the direction of Ernst Praetorius of the Presidential Orchestra ( Riyaseticumhur Filarmoni Orkestrası ) .

It is a suite or dance rhapsody with abrupt rhythm changes between straight rhythms and those with half-step ( aksak ), but mostly in a 9/8 rhythm (with the structure 2 + 2 + 2 + 3), which is played marcato throughout . The suite is pervaded by motifs from Turkish art and folk music, including a. from the pieces Karcığar Köçekçe (also taken up by Hammâmîzâde İsmail Dede Efendi in art music) and Ulah Havası

The work is an example of the cultural policy initiated by the Turkish Republic under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk to synthesize Anatolian folk music with the concept of polyphonic European music, which is still relatively foreign to Turkish music. The European orchestra with classical instrumental line-up was used for the work with instruments common in Turkey, e.g. B. the cymbal and sometimes the darbuka , expanded, the motifs are taken from Turkish art and folk music and transformed for the orchestral piece. The name of the piece is derived from the Ottoman tradition of dancing boys, the Köçeks .

Web links

• The piece played by the Istanbul Chamber Orchestra

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Universal Edition website, accessed June 15, 2014 [1]
2. ↑ Website Klasik Notlar called on June 15, 2014 [2]
3. ↑ Konzerthaus-Orchester-Berlin-Brochure on the piece, accessed on June 15, 2014 Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Burcu Goker: An Annotated Survey Of Selected Works For Violin And Piano By Turkish Composers In The 20th Century , The Florida State University, Archived Copy ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Murat Bardakci in Habertürk October 26, 2014, [3]