Online Journal of Music Sciences

Öz

In this study, two works of Musa Süreyya Bey and Rahmi Bey, composers who have performed works in the field of Classical Turkish Music (Turkish Makam Music), were examined from the point of view of language and evaluated from the point of view of prose. With the help of musical analysis, possible prosodic errors were detected by examining the sound recordings of different performers whether the lyrics of the work were sung with a pronunciation appropriate to Turkish. The works named “I thought my soul would one day be blessed by that beauty“ and “straining straining O angel“, which were found to be registered in the TRT repertoire with the numbers 2010 and 10337, were the subject of research by sampling method. The syllables in the lyrics of the works were evaluated in terms of melismatic, neumatic and silabic singing techniques. Each work was listened to separately from the interpretation of two different sound artists and after being evaluated in terms of correct pronunciation, the sound recording was reinterpreted by the researcher and all three sound recordings were added to the end of the article for evaluation by the reader.
The aim of the research is to draw attention to the importance of voicing the words found in the Turkish language with the correct pronunciation. Dec Arabic and Persian words, which are mostly used in the oral works of classical Turkish music, are used between the words of Ozturk, another purpose of this study is to show the damage that the use of mispronounced Ozturk words in songs can cause to our language. In the pronunciation of Turkish words, especially the composition of open syllables, which should be voiced short, with long note values, also leads to the misuse of these words in colloquial language. The research was carried out in accordance with this purpose.
In this context, in line with the findings obtained, the importance of composers taking into account the phonetic structure of the Turkish language in the selection of lyrics has been emphasized. In addition, the necessity of the performers to gain grammatical awareness as well as musical education in order to pronounce the words of the work correctly has been revealed. As a result of the research, it was concluded that the correct provision of musical prose will both protect the artistic integrity of the work and contribute to the correct use of Turkish.