ComparisonFrance & Turky

Sharing cultures: a journey towards a

better understanding of our identities

Stage 3 - Music

1.Music in schoolsa.Music classes during the school week , how are they situated in the timetable ?- First, we don’t have  music lessons at high school. We only have them at the college. Just one hour a week. Personally, I always had one hour of a music lesson at the end of the day (for example : 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm)- We dont have our music classes. Our school went into a new building so we are in the process of development

b.Do you use musical instruments during your Music lessons ?-French: we used the piano, the drums and sometimes the “ tam-tam”. But we always had to sing a song that the teacher had chosen. -Turky:As I said we dont have music classes.We usually use a number of  free lessons or recreation.Bring instrument and are able to enjoy our leisure time we want.For example, brings guitar and our friend and our free time we give our teachers a small concert. c.School anthem : on what occasion do you sing it?

-Don't think we have school anthem in this college.

d.Choir or school band.-There was a school band-We have both.For instance I am in the school band.Our school band takes part in national holidays. Or our choir takes part in national days. There are certain days of work hours.

2.Favorite tipes of musica .Kinds of music preferred by you …

Comparing the french and the turkish answers ,we can see that the both country loves every tipes of music,like rock,R&B,pop,electro ,dance and folk music. b.Rock bands, house bands, eventually from your school. In the french school are rock bands ,but in the turkish school doesn’t exists any rock bands.

c. Best representatives of a specificied type of music.. The best representatives of:-rock music:Evaniscence,Avril Lavigne,30 secons to Mars,Green Day-R&B:Rihanna,Justin Timberlake,Timbaland,Kesha-pop music:Linkin Park,Beyonce,Chris Brown-dance: Cascada, Justice, Black eyes peas, David Getta, Florida, Ocean Drive.

d. Dance parties or discoes in the school. In Grasse is "soirée des bahuts",where the french studens are dancing to electro music.In turkish school they aren’t discos.

3.Traditional music

French

Before, dances : • - the"danse d'ensemble" is a traditional danse which is danse in ball of the

19th century.

• - the "dance de caractère" is pass by danse master of Army and Navy. She behave a lot of technical feet near the classical dance. This danse is principaly constitute by "La Gavotte", "l'Anglaise", "le Pas Grec", "le Pas Basque", "l'Arlequine" ...

• -the "danse ancienne" is conserved thanks to document which had save choreography. But, thesymbolism of this danse was sometimes forget.

Traditionnal music :

• Provencal traditionnal music is essentialy play with the "galoubet" in the left hand, accompany by the "tambourin" hang up at the hand and the stick in the right hand. There are other instruments but they are used like accompaniement : "tympanons", "cymballette", "timballe" ...

Costumes :• There are 3 traditionnal costumes : - peasant - artisan - "bastidant"• For peasant : Man wear linen shirt, short trousers, a large girdle, a headscarf,

a straw hat in summer and a felt hat in winter, a cape in winter and gaiters. Women wear hose which are handknitted with the rest of the

wool, a long linen shirt, trousers, petticoat (sometimes seven), belt and a large apron.

• For artisan : Man : Their clothes are more light and beautifull than peasant.

They wear a ribbing velour costume and a pants. The white shirt is lace up by lace or cord and, under the jacket, the costume with flowers or motive. They have a flannel belt, a felt with large edge black, grey or brown and black shoe.

Women : She wear an indian dress under a cloth shirt, a coton apron, a white or impress scarf wear in triangle and cross on her chest. Her headdress is embroider

• For the "bastidant" : Man wear grey coton cross-out trousers black and white, a cloth

white shirt. Women wear embroider petticoat, mitten, a lace headdress, an

apron and a cashmere shawl.

Danse folklorique provence

Provençal traditional folk dance

Turkish

DANCE Folklore Turkey has a very ancient folk dance tradition which varies from region to region, each dance being colourful, rhythmic, elegant and stylish. The following are among the most popular: “Çayda Çıra” from the Sivas region in Central Anatolia is performed by young girls dressed in silver and gold embroidered kaftans who dance in the dark with lighted candles in their hands. In the “Silifke Yoğurdu” from the Mersin region in the South Mediterranean, dancers click wooden spoons together above their heads. “Şeyh Şamil" from the Kars region in the East, is a beautifully dramatised legend of a Caucasian hero. "Kılıç Kalkan” is an epic dance performed with swords and shields from the region of Bursa, and “Zeybek” from Aydın is another epic and vigorous folk dance performed, by male dancers who bang their knees on the floor in between steps.

Folklore has also had a considerable influence on ballet. First imported from Europe and Russia, ballet became institutionalised in the Republican era along with other performing arts. The Turkish State Ballet owes its momentum and development to the great British choreographer Dame Ninette de Valois. The State Ballet in both Ankara and İstanbul has, for decades, performed many world classics. Several new foreign and Turkish productions have been introduced into the repertory over the years and a number of modern dance groups like infamous “Fire of Anatolia” (Anadolu Ateși) have recently begun to give performances throughout the world.

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Turkish music evolved from the original folk form into classical through the emergence of a Palace culture. It attained its highest point in the 16th century through the composer “Itri”. Great names in Turkish classical music include “Dede Efendi”, “Hacı Arif Bey” and “Tamburi Cemil Bey”. It is a form that continues to be professionally performed and one that attracts large audiences. Turkish music, locally called Turkish Classical Music, is a variation of the national musical tradition, played with instruments such as the tambur, kanun, ney and ud.

Folk music has developed gradually over the centuries in the rural areas of Turkey. It is highly diversified with many different rhythms and themes. Musical archives contain almost 10,000 such folk songs. Turkish religious music, mostly in the form of songs, is centuries old and rich in tradition, embodied most perfectly by Sufi (Mevlevi) music.

The Turks were introduced to western classical music through orchestras which were invited to the Sultan's Palace to celebrate occasions such as weddings. The great Italian composer, Donizetti, conducted the Palace Orchestra for many years. The first military band was founded in the 19th century. During the Republican era, the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1924, and the Orchestra of the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory played a leading role in introducing and popularising classical music in Turkey. Turkish composers drew their inspiration from Turkish folk songs and Turkish classical music. Today, conductors such as Hikmet Şimşek and Gürer Aykal, pianists like İdil Biret and the Güher and Süher Pekinel sisters, and violinists like Suna Kan are internationally recognised virtuosos. Leyla Gencer was one of the leading sopranos of La Scala Opera, wildly acclaimed whenever she performed in her native Istanbul.

AYDIN OF THE  TRADİTİONAL DANCE ;The zeybek is a form of folk music and dance peculiar to Western Anatolia in Turkey. It is named after the Zeybeks. The Greek popular dance form the Zeibekiko was originated from the Anatolian Turkish zeybek dance. İt is believed that this dance was created by zeybek warriors who try to simulate movements of hawks.All zeybek dances have a common characteristic form, but the positioning of the arms and body differ according to the different regions

Zeybeks or sometimes Zeibeks were irregular militia and guerilla fighters living in the Aegean Region of the Ottoman Empire from late 17th to early 20th centuries, generally of Turkmen and Yörük origins.

Zeybeks are, in general, the widespread folk dances of the Western Anatolia. It is rendered by one person or two or by a group of people and its name changes for example as 'seymen' in the central parts of Anatolia.

The traditional instrument of the teke (goat) dance region is reed.

a.How do you aquire CD’s of your favourite singersThe turkish and the french students aquire CD’s from music markets,mall and they download music from internet.

b.CD’s made by yourselves if exists.A french student said,that in her school are some people,who play guitar and sing very well,so they can record them.The turkish students don’t make any CD’s.

c. Clubs frequented, from what age can you get in.In both coutry exist clubs,but you can’t dance in this clubs if you’re not 18 yet.

d. Concerts and festivals in your town. Do they town or do you have to travel to watch them. In Turky they have a lot of different festivals,for exemle Traditional Fig Festival .The french students told us,that in they town is a festival with every tipe of music.The festival’s name is The Music Festival" of Mouans Sartoux.

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