Transformation of the National Style in the Dialogue of Cultures: Two Types of Composition in Kazakh Music

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Valeriya E. Nedlina
Marlena T. Koilybayeva
Aizhan S. Kalibayeva
Natalya V. Trutneva

Abstract

The problem of national style in the modern musical art of Kazakhstan is considered from
the standpoint of two types of composition: traditional and European-oriented (V. Yunusova՚s terms). At different historical stages, their interaction was carried out by various methods: from transcriptions in the spirit of Russian Orientalism with European harmonisation to the deconstruction of elements of traditional composition and their reconstruction in the context of avant-garde and post-avant-garde techniques. The category of the “national” has expanded enormously, however, the principles of quoting and re-intoning the material of traditional music remain the most significant for representatives of many national composer schools, including the Kazakh one.
Based on the analysis of means of artistic expression and compositional techniques, it was revealed that the concept of two types of composition explains the transformation of the national style
in academic music: from the method of artistic harmonisation transcriptions through orientalism
to the constructive-ethnomusicological approach. It is emphasised that the latter is typical for national avant-garde compositions.


Keywords: music of Kazakhstan, national style in music, traditional composition, European-oriented composition, intercultural interaction.

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Nedlina В. Е., Koilybayeva М. Т., Kalibayeva А. С., & Trutneva Н. В. (2022). Transformation of the National Style in the Dialogue of Cultures: Two Types of Composition in Kazakh Music . Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 47(2), 31–46. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/1355
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Musical Genre and Style
Author Biographies

Valeriya E. Nedlina, Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory, Almaty, Kazakhstan

PhD (Arts), Associate Professor at the Musicology and Composition Department, Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory

Marlena T. Koilybayeva, Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory, Almaty, Kazakhstan

PhD (Arts), Head at the Musicology and Composition Department, Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory

Aizhan S. Kalibayeva, Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Master of Arts, Person working for doctor’s degree, Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory

Natalya V. Trutneva, Kazakh National Women’s Pedagogical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Master of Arts, Lecturer at the Department of Music, Kazakh National Women՚s Pedagogical University