Özet:

Turkish nation have always admired poems and art. Throughout Turkish history, from birth to death, it is seen that poems have always taken place in every level of humans' life. A new-born rows up with lullabies, plays with nursery rhymes lives through his/her youth with poems, folk music and marches, and when the day comes they are sent off eternity with threnodies. On this aspect, lullabies are the first melodies whispered through the ears of the child by the parents or the el-derly ones. Those are the feelings ( love, advice, wishes, prayers, complains, etc...) that expressed more by mothers towards their children through these lullabies which ta-ke place among folk poems and written by some music bar measures. The lullabies associating the mother and child with great love and interest are also important in the child's sipiritual development, healthy growth and peaceful life. It has been planned to give all the issues about lullabies at this study. With this in mind, we will review the term lullaby, its features, the connected studies, its classifications, and its value in art.

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