The Genre-Related and Stylistic Explication of the Song Tradition of the Belgorod Region: The Regional Aspect

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Mikhail S. Zhirov
Natalia S. Kuznetsova
Olga Ya. Zhirova
Tatiana A. Selyukova

Abstract

The content of the article discloses the genre and style attributes of the song tradition of Foshchevatovo village in the Volokonovka District of the Belgorod Region, in many ways insufficiently studied and mastered up till now. The folk chorus of this village is one of the most well-known ethnographical ensembles of the south of Russia (its artistic director was Maria Stefanovna Skuridinova, 1920–2002), which has left its contemporaries, folk music scholars, directors of the folk ensembles of singers and lovers of folk music a unique folk song heritage, which contrasts with its contiguous traditions by its genre and melodic intonation content, performance forms and means of artistic expression. The distinctive vocal school of Foshchatovo singers comprises a prospective sphere of scholarly and artistic activities of scholars, specialist practitioners and lovers of the art of folk music.


Keywords: the song tradition of Foshchevatovo village, calendar songs, wedding songs, two-chorus songs, lullabies, “skomorokh” songs, lyrical songs, seasonally timed to coincide with the work activities of the song, untimed (plangent) songs, sacred poems, psalms, choral chastushkas depicting suffering, instrumental tunes.

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Zhirov М. С. ., Kuznetsova Н. С. ., Zhirova О. Я. ., & Selyukova Т. А. . (2020). The Genre-Related and Stylistic Explication of the Song Tradition of the Belgorod Region: The Regional Aspect. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 41(4), 50–58. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/1214
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Musical Cultures of Russia
Author Biographies

Mikhail S. Zhirov, Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture, Belgorod, Russia

Mikhail S. Zhirov, Dr.Sci. (Pedagogy), Professor at the Department of the Art of Folk Singing, Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture

Natalia S. Kuznetsova, Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture, Belgorod, Russia

Natalia S. Kuznetsova, Ph.D. (Arts), Associate Professor at the Department of the Art of Folk Singing, Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture

Olga Ya. Zhirova, Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture, Belgorod, Russia

Olga Ya. Zhirova, Ph.D. (Pedagogy), Professor at the Department of the Art of Folk Singing, Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture

Tatiana A. Selyukova, Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture, Belgorod, Russia

Tatiana A. Selyukova, Ph.D. (Philosophy), Associate Professor at the Department of the Art of Folk Singing, Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture