Thematic and Dramatic Elements in Baroque Violin Works from the Perspective of Program Music

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Thematic and Dramatic Elements in Baroque Violin Works from the Perspective of Program Music

Yazarlar:

Tuna Taşdemir

Yayıncı:

Mustafa Süleyman ÖZCAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Müzikoloji ve Etnomüzikoloji

Dergi:

İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 3, pp.2033-2057

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001358047

pISSN:

2147-1185

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 In this study, the thematic contents of the works written for violin in the Baroque period and the violin playing techniques used by the composers to strengthen the narrative in these works are examined within the framework of program music. The examples presented in the study emphasize that program music is a musical approach that goes beyond abstract musical structures and aims to express a specific story, event or emotion. Continuing its development throughout the periods of music history, program music has led to the emergence of different genres and forms and the production of works in this approach by many composers. Although the term program music was first introduced by Franz Liszt in the Romantic Period, there are also works written with this approach in the Baroque Period. In Baroque period works composed with the program music approach, it is seen that natural phenomena and religiousmythological stories are frequently covered. In this direction, how the technical and narrative possibilities of the violin are evaluated in program music in the center of Antonio Vivaldis Four Seasons Op.8 concertos, in which natural events are narrated, and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Bibers Mystery Rosary Sonatas, in which Christian religious stories are narrated, were analyzed in detail. In this exploratory study, the document analysis method was used and the data obtained were analyzed by content analysis. According to the data obtained in the research, it was seen that Vivaldi generally used bowing techniques and orchestration diversity for the depiction of natural events, and applied program music by including sonnets in his work as an unprecedented method until his time. When Bibers approach to program music is examined, the composer included violin playing techniques requiring virtuosity in his works, made descriptions based on melodic structure and changed the tuning order of the violin according to the stories told in the works by using the scordatura method. It is thought that this research is important in terms of being a source for studies examining the development of the program music approach within the periods of music history and the works of different composers written with this approach.

 In this study, the thematic contents of the works written for violin in the Baroque period and the violin playing techniques used by the composers to strengthen the narrative in these works are examined within the framework of program music. The examples presented in the study emphasize that program music is a musical approach that goes beyond abstract musical structures and aims to express a specific story, event or emotion. Continuing its development throughout the periods of music history, program music has led to the emergence of different genres and forms and the production of works in this approach by many composers. Although the term program music was first introduced by Franz Liszt in the Romantic Period, there are also works written with this approach in the Baroque Period. In Baroque period works composed with the program music approach, it is seen that natural phenomena and religiousmythological stories are frequently covered. In this direction, how the technical and narrative possibilities of the violin are evaluated in program music in the center of Antonio Vivaldis Four Seasons Op.8 concertos, in which natural events are narrated, and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Bibers Mystery Rosary Sonatas, in which Christian religious stories are narrated, were analyzed in detail. In this exploratory study, the document analysis method was used and the data obtained were analyzed by content analysis. According to the data obtained in the research, it was seen that Vivaldi generally used bowing techniques and orchestration diversity for the depiction of natural events, and applied program music by including sonnets in his work as an unprecedented method until his time. When Bibers approach to program music is examined, the composer included violin playing techniques requiring virtuosity in his works, made descriptions based on melodic structure and changed the tuning order of the violin according to the stories told in the works by using the scordatura method. It is thought that this research is important in terms of being a source for studies examining the development of the program music approach within the periods of music history and the works of different composers written with this approach.

 In this study, the thematic contents of the works written for violin in the Baroque period and the violin playing techniques used by the composers to strengthen the narrative in these works are examined within the framework of program music. The examples presented in the study emphasize that program music is a musical approach that goes beyond abstract musical structures and aims to express a specific story, event or emotion. Continuing its development throughout the periods of music history, program music has led to the emergence of different genres and forms and the production of works in this approach by many composers. Although the term program music was first introduced by Franz Liszt in the Romantic Period, there are also works written with this approach in the Baroque Period. In Baroque period works composed with the program music approach, it is seen that natural phenomena and religiousmythological stories are frequently covered. In this direction, how the technical and narrative possibilities of the violin are evaluated in program music in the center of Antonio Vivaldis Four Seasons Op.8 concertos, in which natural events are narrated, and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Bibers Mystery Rosary Sonatas, in which Christian religious stories are narrated, were analyzed in detail. In this exploratory study, the document analysis method was used and the data obtained were analyzed by content analysis. According to the data obtained in the research, it was seen that Vivaldi generally used bowing techniques and orchestration diversity for the depiction of natural events, and applied program music by including sonnets in his work as an unprecedented method until his time. When Bibers approach to program music is examined, the composer included violin playing techniques requiring virtuosity in his works, made descriptions based on melodic structure and changed the tuning order of the violin according to the stories told in the works by using the scordatura method. It is thought that this research is important in terms of being a source for studies examining the development of the program music approach within the periods of music history and the works of different composers written with this approach.

 Bu çalışmada, Barok Dönemde keman için yazılmış eserlerde yer alan tematik içerikler ve bestecilerin bu eserlerindeki anlatıyı güçlendirmek amacıyla kullandıkları keman çalma teknikleri program müziği çerçevesinden incelenmiştir. Program müziğinin, soyut müzikal yapıların ötesine geçerek belirli bir hikâye, olay ya da duyguyu ifade etme amacı taşıyan müzik yaklaşımı olduğu, araştırmada sunulan örneklerle vurgulanmıştır. Müzik tarihi dönemleri boyunca gelişimini sürdüren program müziği, farklı tür ve formların ortaya çıkmasını ve birçok besteci tarafından bu yaklaşımda eserler üretilmesini sağlamıştır. Program müziği terimi ilk olarak Romantik Dönemde Franz Liszt tarafından ortaya atılmış olsa da bu yaklaşıma dayalı yazılmış Barok Dönem eserlerine rastlanmaktadır. Program müziği yaklaşımı ile bestelenmiş Barok Dönem eserlerinde sıklıkla doğa olayları ve dinimitolojik hikayeler konularının işlendiği görülmektedir. Bu doğrultuda, doğa olaylarının anlatıldığı Antonio Vivaldinin Dört Mevsim Op.8 konçertoları ve Hıristiyanlığa ait dini hikayelerin anlatıldığı Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biberin Mystery Rosary Sonatları merkezinde kemanın teknik ve anlatımsal olanaklarının program müziği içerisinde nasıl değerlendirildiği detaylı olarak analiz edilmiştir. Keşfedici türdeki bu araştırmada, doküman analizi yönteminden faydalanılmış ve elde edilen veriler içerik analizi yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmada elde edilen verilere göre doğa olaylarının tasviri için Vivaldinin genellikle yay tekniklerinden ve orkestrasyon çeşitliliğinden yararlandığı, kendi zamanına kadar benzeri görülmemiş bir yöntem olarak eserinde sonelere yer vererek program müziğini uyguladığı görülmüştür. Biberin program müziği yaklaşımı incelendiğinde ise besteci, eserlerinde virtüözite gerektiren keman çalma tekniklerine yer vermiş, melodik yapıya dayalı tasvirlerde bulunmuş ve scordatura yöntemini kullanarak eserlerde anlatılan hikayelere göre kemanın akort düzenini değiştirmiştir. Müzik tarihi dönemleri içerisinde program müziği yaklaşımının gelişimi ve bu yaklaşım ile yazılan farklı bestecilere ait eserlerin incelendiği çalışmalara kaynak olması açısından bu araştırmanın önemli olduğu düşünülmektedir.

Makale detayları

Thematic and Dramatic Elements in Baroque Violin Works from the Perspective of Program Music

Yazarlar:

Tuna Taşdemir

Yayıncı:

Mustafa Süleyman ÖZCAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Müzikoloji ve Etnomüzikoloji

Dergi:

İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 3, pp.2033-2057

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001358047

pISSN:

2147-1185

Program Music

Baroque Period

Four Seasons

Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas

Violin Playing TechniquesProgram Müziği

Barok Dönem

Dört Mevsim

Mystery (Rosary) Sonatları

Keman Çalma Teknikleri

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Tuna Taşdemir

Yayıncı: Mustafa Süleyman ÖZCAN

Ana Başlıklar: Müzikoloji ve Etnomüzikoloji

Dergi: İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 3, pp.2033-2057

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001358047

pISSN: 2147-1185

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Tuna Taşdemir

Yayıncı:

Mustafa Süleyman ÖZCAN

Ana Başlıklar:

Müzikoloji ve Etnomüzikoloji

Dergi:

İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 3, pp.2033-2057

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001358047

pISSN:

2147-1185