THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ROLE OF THE HORN FROM A SOCIO-MUSICOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: FOCUSING ON SYMPHONIES OF THE CLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC PERIODS

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 428 - 453, 27.03.2025

Jingmin Zhang , Byung-kyu Park

https://doi.org/10.51576/ymd.1612092

Abstract

Abstract
This study focuses on analyzing the works of key composers from the Classical and Romantic periods, including Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Berlioz, Mahler, Strauss, and others. By applying socio-musicological theory, it examines the acceptance and use of the French horn in symphonic music, revealing the creative intentions and social contexts faced by composers, as well as how they interacted with society. The study reconsiders the evolving role of the French horn and its socio-cultural significance. By using socio-musicological theory, the role of the French horn can be interpreted within its social and cultural context, highlighting the instrument’s long history and broad socio-cultural impact.

Keywords

Horn symphony, performance techniques, romanticism, classicism, socio-musicology

SOSYO-MÜZİKOLOJİK BİR PERSPEKTİFTEN KORNO ROLÜNÜN DÖNÜŞÜMÜ: KLASİK VE ROMANTİK DÖNEM SENFONİLERİNE ODAKLANMA

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Fransız kornosunun Klasik ve Romantik dönemlerdeki senfonik müzikteki rolünü sosyo-müzikolojik bir bakış açısıyla incelemektedir. Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Berlioz, Mahler ve Strauss gibi bestecilerin eserlerini analiz ederek, teknolojik gelişmelerin (örneğin, valf sistemleri) ve sosyo-kültürel değişimlerin, kornonun armonik bir destek aracından duygusal ve tematik bir ifade aracına nasıl evrildiğini araştırmaktadır. Çalışma, Theodor W. Adorno, Tia DeNora ve Georg Simmel’in teorilerini birleştirerek müzik, sosyal sınıf ve kültürel kimlik arasındaki etkileşimi ortaya koymaktadır. Bulgular, kornonun aristokratik kültürdeki sembolik önemini, Romantik dönemdeki demokratikleşme sürecini ve toplumsal değişimlerin yansıması olarak oynadığı rolü vurgulamaktadır. Çalışma, Fransız kornosunun diğer müzik türleri ve dönemlerdeki sosyo-kültürel etkilerini araştırmak için daha fazla disiplinlerarası çalışma yapılması gerektiğini savunarak sona ermektedir.

Keywords

Korno senfonisi, performans teknikleri, romantizm, clasizm, sosyo-müzikoloji

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