Abstract
As an ancient city, Harput has hosted many civilizations. The existence of different ethnic and belief groups in the region has led to cultural diversity and richness. This situation is also reflected in the local music. With this study, it has been tried to reveal how the Divan and Gazel genres in Folk Literature entered the music of Elazığ-Harput, their performance in the local music and the relationship of these musical forms with Divan literature. The study is limited to dealing with the relation of Divan and Gazel form in Elazığ-Harput region and its music with Divan Literature. It is a qualitative study in the context of determining how Divan and Gazel, which are both long air types and maqams, are used in local music in Elazığ-Harput music. Since Harput is an important cultural center, many poets grew up in the region. These poets who grew up in Harput were influenced by Divan poets and their poems. Divan is also used as a maqam specific to Elazığ-Harput music. This scope of work; Literature and references were searched by making use of graduate theses, library catalogues, internet primary and secondary sources, printed refereed journal-article indexes, and printed bibliography books in the YÖK thesis database.
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