"Münir Nurettin Selçuk" s stylistic features in the performance of Turkish classical music

In this thesis, the stylistic differences of Münir Nurettin Selçuk, who reformed Turkısh musıc performance, have been analyzed. In the introduction, primarily, Turkish music has been briefly analyzed with its unique features and developmental phases,musical forms, meşk tradition and performance ensembles are introduced. Afterwards, the status of Turkish music in the Republican era is analyzed. Münir Nurettin Selçuk's capacity which he reached through his style that he put forward by adopting improved voice and breath techniques of the West to the powerful education of Turkish music that he started receiving at an early age is executed by determining the era that he started in Turkish music performance and the formation stages of the school that is named after him. In this evaluation, as a result of a vast source research, interviews made with him and writings on his performance have been used in addition to new interviews of the author with his students, acquaintances and arbiters of Turkish music. His recordings before and after voice training were scanned; as a consequence, two works were selected, notated and analyzed in order to establish the technical differences in performance. Finally, in this study, education of vocal performers in the school that Selçuk formed and its impact on contemporary performers are analyzed. With the information gathered and evaluations put forward, detailed appendix and reference sections, the aim of this thesis is to be a basic source for contemporaneity and future generations.