1st Edition
Turkic Soundscapes From Shamanic Voices to Hip-Hop
1. "Introduction: In Search of Turkic Musical Cultures" Razia Sultanova Part 1 – Cultural foundations in music of the 21st century 2. "The Concept of Makam-based Melody and Its Problematic in Musical Analysis" Okan Murat Öztürk 3. "The Pedagogical System of Azerbaijani Master Musician Bahram Mansurov (1911-1985)" Violetta Yunusova 4. "From popular tradition to Pop diffusion: Jahrī zikr Among Teenagers in Present-day Kazakhstan" Giovanni de Zorzi Part 2 – Turkic music in popular culture and mass media 5. "Azerbaijani Rap Music and Oral Poetry Between 'the Folk' and 'the Popular'" Thomas Solomon 6. "Mass Music in Kazakhstan: The Phenomenon and its Interpretation" Gulnar Abdirakhman 7. "Music Images of Istanbul From Fatih Akin’s Films and Stage Performances" Ivanka Vlaeva Part 3 – Cross-cultural encounters in the Turkic-speaking world and beyond 8. "From the Spiritual to the Profane and Back - Religious Melodies and Folksongs of Turkic Peoples" János Sipos 9. "The Circumpontic Lezginka Dance as a Cultural Phenomenon" Alla Sokolova 10. The Impact of Turkic Musical Culture on the Music of Bulgaria" Timothy Rice Part 4 - Turkic music and national identities 11. "Debating 'national ownership' of musical instruments: the balalaika as a subject of ethnopolitical discourse" Ulrich Morgenstern 12. "New Music of the Crimean Tatars: History and Current Status" Abdullah Akat 13. "Ancient Roots, Modern Nation-Building: Kazakh Spirituality and Identity in the Music of the Turan Ensemble" Megan Rancier
Biography
Razia Sultanova is a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Music and Visiting Professor at Moscow State Conservatory, Kazakh National University of Arts (Astana) and Ahmet Yassawi Kazakh-Turkish University (Turkistan). Her research examines culture, sound, place and authenticity in the Turkic-speaking world across Central Asia, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey.
Megan Rancier is a Lecturer of Ethnomusicology at Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio). She earned a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests focus on Central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan, and intersections between national identity narratives, traditional musical instruments and popular music.
