Group Lamentations during Weddings in the Traditions of Novgorod:A Comparative Analysis

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Inga V. Korolkova

Abstract

The article examines group lamentations during weddings
as recorded in the Western sections of the Novgorod Region.
The author utilizes archival materials stored at the Folklore-
Ethnographic Center of the St. Petersburg State N. A. Rimsky-
Korsakov Conservatory, as well as published materials. A structural
analysis of the folk tunes of the group lamentations is carried out,
in the process of which three typological groups are revealed. Each
one of them pertains to its own areal region (the Ilmen, Upper
Luga and the Lovati basin). Some of the common features of the
group lamentations of the Novgorod Region are: the three-accented
tonic verse and the tertial modal model. This special perspective
is connected with a comparative study of the group lamentations
of the western Novgorod Region and the Pskov Region. This
made it possible to disclose the commonality of composition
and the rhythm of the tunes and to see the differences in their
modal organization. The author also touches upon the aspect of
comparative analysis of group and solo lamentations and traces out
their possible interconnections with lyrical songs.

Keywords: musical folklore, lamentations during weddings,
Novgorod Region, structural analysis

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How to Cite
Korolkova, I. V. (2015). Group Lamentations during Weddings in the Traditions of Novgorod:A Comparative Analysis. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, (2), 12–15. https://doi.org/10.17674/1997-0854.2015.2.19.012-015
Section
Musical Cultures of Russia
Author Biography

Inga V. Korolkova, St. Petersburg State N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory

Candidate of Arts, Associate Professor at the Ethnomusicology Department

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