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Köçekçe is an orchestral suite and dance rhapsody composed for orchestra in 1942 by Ulvi Cemâl Erkin, one of the first representatives of contemporary Turkish music known as the Turkish Fives.

Köçekçe, which is a traditional Turkish music form that consists of the connection of yürük and moving songs and folk songs with long interludes in the same mode, and which is also a traditional Turkish music form arranged for the çengi and köçek teams to play in the past. He created the Köçekçe Suite with the title of Dance Rhapsody by bringing together some examples of karcığar and hicaz maqams such as Dede Efendi's Bülbül, Kona da Bilsem Dallere, Ulah Havası, Benliyi Aldım Kaçaktan, Yabandan Geldim Yabandan, Yine Yol Vermedi Acem Dağları, Hicazkar Mandıra and intermediate tunes of köçekçe.

“Köçekçe” is an exhibition of dance rhapsody in tempo and Turkish folklore in Turkey with a wide-ranging drawing and melodic attention-grabbing with a very colourful orchestration.

This piece, which won the first place in the national composition competition organized by the Republican People's Party in 1942 and was performed for the first time on February 1, 1943 by the Presidential Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Ernst Praetorius, at the Ankara Radio studio, is Erkin's most and most frequently performed piece. Erkin wrote "To Dr. Vedat Nedim Tör, who gave the idea of writing these pages and having a great share of his friend and artist interest in every line, 28th October 1942." to the beginning of Köçekçe's score.

Orchestration[edit]

Köçekçe's orchestration consists of the following instruments.

3 Flutes (3rd picc.), 2 Oboes and Cor anglais, 3 B-flat clarinets, 3 Bassoons, 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombone and Tuba, Timpani, Cymbal, Darbuka, Finger Cymbal, Bass Drum, Harp, Celesta and Strings.

The piece, which has a strong orchestration, has a free form consisting of a reconstitution with a short interlude of the melody. Orchestra is a work that is used skillfully and is successful in writing instrument techniques. A different form comes to the fore in each new melody. While the music provides continuity with the rhythms of the instruments, such as the finger cymbals and the darbuka from the beginning to the end, the solo instruments continue with these long-winded melodies in the heavy parts.Although the piece may seem fun and superficial, when considered as a whole, it is considered one of the best examples of the nationalist movement that symbolizes Turkey's 20th century music.

The copyright of the work belongs to Universal Edition. The piece, which is performed in orchestras in Turkey every year, has recently been performed by famous European orchestras such as Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Het Brabants Orkest, Dresden Philharmonic, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Luzerner Symphonie Orchester.

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