NAZIMDAN NAĞMEYE; TÜRK MÛSİKÎSİNDE YENİ BİR FORM: “SATRANÇ”
FROM VERSE TO MELODY; A NEW FORM IN TURKISH MUSIC: “SATRANÇ”

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to establish the theoretical position of the Satranç form, composed by Erol Başara and incorporated into the TRT repertoire, within the corpus of Turkish vocal music forms. The point of departure of the research is the problem of according to which criteria newly emerging formal experiments in the modern period can be evaluated within the traditional system of Turkish music. Accordingly, the study was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, the literary structures of the satranç and vezn-i âhar poetic forms were examined in detail in light of the relevant literature. In the second stage, the lyric–melody relationship, the organization of repetition, and the formal construction of the selected composition were analyzed through a score-based analytical method. The findings indicate that the form is largely compatible with the traditional framework in terms of makâm, melodic progression, and usûl; however, it exhibits a marked originality in its lyric organization, shifting structure, and chainbased repetition principle. Consequently, the Satranç form presents a theoretically definable and theoretically acceptable original structure within Turkish vocal music forms through a lyric– melody organization derived from poetic arrangement. These results also demonstrate that modern formal explorations have the potential to generate sustainable theoretical models by maintaining continuity with tradition.

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