He Cultural Influence of Clarinet as an Immigrant Instrument

Abstract

Nations in the world are distinguished from each other by their language, religion, race and culture. This cultural past of countries has developed or disappeared in different ways over the centuries. The culture carried through migration may result in these societies changing their culture of their own volition or continuing to live their own culture without changing it. It can be seen that the greatest cultural transfers took place in wars and conquered lands. In a conquered region, the culture of that region was either adopted or disappeared over time. World music culture contains many elements that reflect the unique history, values ​​and identity of each society. Music is not only a form of entertainment, but also an expression of cultural identity, which consists of clothing, instruments, lyrics, rituals and dances. The Ottoman Empire, which protected the culture of the regions it conquered in the field of music, adopted this culture over time and combined it with its own culture. It is thought that the clarinet, which is the subject of our study, passed into our culture in this way. The Ottoman Empire, which preserved the culture of the regions it conquered in the field of music, adopted this culture over time and combined it with its own culture. It is thought that the clarinet, which is the subject of our study, entered our culture in this way. With the conquest of the Balkans, the Ottomans adopted the musical identity of this region and included the instruments of the Balkan culture in their own musical culture. With this interaction, instruments came to all of the Ottoman Empire and Anatolia and were incorporated into the musical cultures of these regions and were adopted by these cultures. Our study aims to determine the arrival of one of these instruments, the clarinet, from the Balkans to Anatolia and its place in Turkish musical culture. With this study, the cultural transfer from the Balkans to Anatolia will be recorded.