Art life and musical works of Aşık Sıtkı Eminoglu from Erzurum

In Erzurum region, music culture has continued to exist from generation to generation. In this transmission there is a great role of lovers, who are important representatives of literature and culture. One of the most important representatives of the tradition of love, who preserves and carries the music culture of the Erzurum region, is the Lover Milk Eminoglu. The aim of this research is to examine the life and art life of Erzurumlu Akim Isik Eminoglu, one of the representatives of today's tradition of falling in love, to record the works by compiling them by the researcher, to analyze the musical features of these works and the topics covered in their words In this study; narrative analysis from qualitative research methods was modeled in line with the biography analysis pattern under the roof pattern. The data were obtained using qualitative research techniques consisting of document examination and interview. Descriptive analysis was used in the analysis of data. The life of Sagittarius Eminoglu, art life, musical characteristics of their folk songs and the subjects of their folk songs were presented in a descriptive manner in line with the data obtained from the interview. As a result of this research, it was found that the region in the musical life of Erzurumlu Akimi Eminoglu was influenced by important names such as Mevlut Master, Rahani in Love, Reyhani in Love and there were about 170 poems. He composed 11' of these poems in the form of folk music. These 11 works, which are composed by Eminoglu in the form of folk music, were compiled by the researcher and recorded. In this way, it is concluded that 5' of the works are in the butler, 6' in the series of huseyni offices, with a maximum of 4/4 ' in terms of rhythmic structure, at least 7/8 ' in terms of mold, 4 to 8 in terms of sound range. In terms of topics, it has 5 been seen that they are gathered under such themes as love-love, forgiveness, purgatory/respect, justice, longing, heroism, love of the country, love of the people and the system. Keywords: Sıtkı Eminoğlu, Turkish Folk Music, Minstrelsy Tradition, Compilation, Erzurum Region.