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People’s knowledge about classical world music, composers, performers and much known basic music concepts, constitute their general musical culture. This research was carried out in order to compare of the people’s general musical cultures of two neighbouring cities: Trabzon/Turkey and Batumi/Georgia. The study's study group consisted of n =20 (10 + 10) randomly selected from the people living in the cities of Trabzon and Batumi, in the regions where the families from the middle socio-economic level reside. The research was a qualitative study and the interview form consisting of open- ended questions developed by the researcher was used for determining the general music cultures of the study group. The obtained data were analyzed by descriptive analysis. At the end of the research, the general music cultures of the people living in neighbouring cities “Trabzon and Batumi” from “Turkey and Georgia” had been compared via their answers and the results had been interpreted and made some evaluations.

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