Digital Genealogyof Folk Melodies

Explore the collection

Follow a melody
through its variants.

Browse the flagship dossier and provisional research leads. Preview records are working hypotheses, not final genealogical claims.

5 melody families and research leads

Curated prototype collection
MF–001Active dossier

Üsküdar’a Gider İken / Kâtibim

A flagship case tracing one widely circulating melody through titles, languages, memories, and competing narratives.

  • 7 pathways
  • 6 locations
  • High documentation priority
Open family dossier ↗
RL–002Research lead

Misirlou

A candidate dossier on multilingual circulation, commercial recording, and the changing identity of an Eastern Mediterranean song.

  • Port-city networks
  • Recording history
Dossier in preparation
RL–003Research lead

Balkan wedding melody cluster

A provisional cluster for comparing dance tunes whose names, metres, and ceremonial functions shift across local repertoires.

  • Wedding repertoire
  • Rhythm & function
Scoping evidence
RL–004Research lead

Radio-era adaptations

A thematic collection on how broadcasting schedules, orchestration, and star performers accelerated melodic travel.

  • 1930s–1960s
  • Broadcast media
Sources being assembled
RL–005Research lead

Diasporic reworkings

A cross-family lens on songs remembered, translated, and repurposed after migration and displacement.

  • Oral history
  • Memory studies
Editorial collection planned

Research notes

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01

Provisional by design

A research lead signals an avenue worth investigating. It does not assert that the listed items belong to one proven lineage.

02

Relationships need evidence

Connections are evaluated through melody, text, recording history, testimony, place, and historical context.

03

Uncertainty stays visible

Approximate dates, contested attributions, and missing sources remain part of the public record.