BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THE STUDIES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC IN TURKEY

Abstract

Philosophy of music constitutes a wide area of research as a branch of music. It is observed that studies on the subject have increased in recent years. Since the philosophy of music has an interdisciplinary feature, it has been observed that there are writers from different fields. The aim of this research is to examine the scientific studies (graduate theses and articles) on the Philosophy of Music in Turkey by the bibliographic method. The research is based on the descriptive model and literature review and was performed using the bibliographic method. The study is important in terms of giving researchers a detailed framework and providing clues about the literature. In the research, YÖK (Council of Higher Education) National Thesis Center was used to scan the theses, and Dergipark, ULAKBİM (Turkish National Academic Network and Information Center), and Google Scholar databases were used to scan the articles. As a result of the research, 30 theses related to the Philosophy of Music in Turkey were reached. It was determined that 6 of the theses are doctoral studies and 24 of them are graduate studies. A total of 93 articles on the Philosophy of Music, 62 of which were published in international and 31 in national journals, were reached. When the areas of expertise of the researchers were examined, it was seen that they were among the fields of “Music” (30), “Philosophy” (21), “Music and Philosophy” (4), and “Theology and Philosophy of Religion” (11). However, it was determined that there are writers/researchers from different fields of study such as Communication, Political Science, Business, Economics, Geography, History, Art History, Painting, Literature. Key words: Music, philosophy, philosophy of music, bibliography