NAZMI BOSNA: HIS LIFE, WORKS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO CLASSICAL GUITAR EDUCATION

Year 2021, Issue: 18, 254 - 267, 30.06.2021

Kaan Öztutgan

https://doi.org/10.31722/ejmd.956664

Abstract

The aim of this study is to give information about the life and works of Nazmi Bosna, and to reveal his contributions to guitar education. In this descriptive study, data were collected through literature review, interview and document review. The works of Nazmi Bosna were identified and these works were analyzed via document analysis within the scope of the study. Bosna’s works were tabulated according to the name of the work, time signature, tonality and, if any, the person or people to whom the work is dedicated. The results displayed that Bosna began his guitar education by studying classical guitar with Ziya Aydıntan, and continued his academic classical guitar education as a student of Miguel Rubio in Bern Conservatory in Switzerland. Also, he made his first composition in 1963, and has continued to compose since then. Similarly, Bosna wrote 9 books, and 8 of them included 230 compositions of different tonality and genre. He also has a book, Guitar Applied Harmony Teaching. He contributed to guitar education with his own works and with the students he trained. Last but not the least, it was found that Bosna was a composer who had the most original works published for solo classical guitar in Turkey.

Keywords

Music, Classical Guitar, Classical Guitar Education, Nazmi Bosna, Descriptive Study

Nazmi Bosna: Hayatı, Eserleri ve Gitar Eğitimine Katkıları

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı Nazmi Bosna’nın hayatı ve eserleri hakkında bilgi vermek, gitar eğitimine katkılarını ortaya koymaktır. Betimsel bir araştırma olan bu makalede veriler; kaynak taraması, görüşme ve doküman incelemesi yoluyla toplanmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında Nazmi Bosna’nın eserleri belirlenmiş ve bu eserler doküman incelemesi yoluyla analiz edilmiştir. Bosna’nın eserleri; eser adına, ölçü birimine, tonalitesine ve varsa ithaf edilen kişi ya da kişilere göre tablolaştırılmıştır. Bu tablolar yorumlanarak, incelenen eserler hakkında genel bilgiler verilmiş ve bestecinin gitar eğitimine katkıları ortaya konulmuştur. Çalışmada; Bosna’nın Ziya Aydıntan’dan klasik gitar dersleri alarak gitar öğrenimine başladığı, akademik anlamda klasik gitar eğitimine İsviçre’nin Bern Konservatuvarında Miguel Rubio’nun öğrencisi olarak devam ettiği, ilk bestesini 1963 yılında yaptığı ve bu tarihten günümüze kadar beste yapmaya devam ettiği, yayınlanmış 9 kitabı olduğu, bu kitapların 8’inde farklı tonalite ve türde 230 bestesinin bulunduğu, bir adet Gitar Uygulamalı Armoni Öğretimi kitabı bulunduğu, eserleri ve yetiştirdiği öğrencilerle gitar eğitimine katkı sağladığı, ülkemizde solo klasik gitar için yayınlanmış en fazla özgün eseri bulunan bestecinin Nazmi Bosna olduğu sonuçlarına ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Müzik, Klasik Gitar, Klasik Gitar Eğitimi, Nazmi Bosna, Betimsel Araştırma

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