Ursula Hemetek/Hande Sağlam (eds.)

Music from Turkey in the Diaspora

mit 1 CD. Wien 2008
Summaries in German and CD with music examples included, 200 pages, black and white figures.

The music making of immigrant communities from Turkey in Western European countries as well as in the USA and Canada tends to be “overlooked” in ethnomusicology in a double sense: by the dominant societies – being a minority phenomenon –, and by the country of origin, because it is not “original” enough. Very few scholars have dealt with it, although it seems to be a very lively musical scene, representing a considerable number of inhabitants of the respective European countries. Therefore an international symposium on the topic seemed quite a challenge. Vienna was the place where it happened in November 2007, under the title: Echoes of Diversity. Music from Turkey in the “Diaspora”. This volume 5 of the institute’s series klanglese includes all the 14 papers presented at the symposium.
This publication is an ethnomusicological approach which includes the socio-political background, “the music in culture”, as well as aspects of applied ethnomusicology.
The articles in this volume are arranged according to different methodological approaches and regional areas. It was the goal to obtain a comparative overview concerning the state of music making of immigrants from Turkey in different regions of the world, their different musical expressions as well as the political framework.
Topics in ethnomusicology very often arise by the presence of people and sounds – researchers as well as musicians – in one’s own surroundings. To benefit from these conditions and to take up the challenge means to deal with immigration and cultural diversity with the tools of ethnomusicology. The purpose of this volume is to contribute to international scholarly exchange on this fundamental topic of today’s ethnomusicology.

 

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