Bashkir Traditional Instruments in a Research Context

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Ravil G. Rakhimov

Abstract

The article briefly highlights the scientific developments of new genera-tion scientists representing the Bashkir ethnoorganological school. The priority has been given to two directions of developing ethnoinstrumentalism: oral na-tional-traditional and written academic ones.
In the ethnoorganological context, it is also considered another problem that existed for a long time and concerns the quantitative limitation of Bashkir phono instruments, among which the main ones are kurai and kubyz. So-called borowed phono instruments were attributed to them: dumbira and kyl-kubyz, allegedly of Kazakh origin, and the harmonica-bayan, that is declared as German. The given list of five titles was cited in all printed editions almost until the end of the twentieth century, and its rudiments are found even in modern textbooks.
The article notes that such a restriction is removed by ethnoorganology: the science of folk musical instruments, which systematizes phono instruments according to structural and species characteristics and convergent origin.
Special attention is paid to the activities of the Interuniversity Laborato-ry of Ethnoorganology, the organization of which (2007) initiated a regular work over the named problem, thanks to which 46 Bashkir traditional phono instruments had been introduced into scientific circulation by 2013
(L. Ishmur-zina), and in 2018 their list increased to 53 names (R. Sagitov).
The main article task is to highlight the priority scientific directions in the Laboratory work concerned to the development of Bashkir ethno-instrumentalism, both traditional and academic.
The final part of the article by the examples of the R. Shaykhutdinov’s (2012), R. Sagadeeva’s (2014) and other Bashkir scientists’ dissertations brief-ly touches upon the theme of the national mouth organs and bayan academiza-tion. It is emphasized that the new generation scientists research illustrates the confident formation of the Bashkir ethnoorganology school.


Keywords: Еthnoorganology, traditional phono instruments, Hornbostel-Sachs classifier, academization, new generation scientists.

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How to Cite
Rakhimov Р. Г. (2023). Bashkir Traditional Instruments in a Research Context. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 53(4), 191–200. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/1488
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Area Studies in Music
Author Biography

Ravil G. Rakhimov, Magnitogorsk State Conservatory named after M.I. Glinka, Magnitogorsk, Russia

DrSci (Art), Professor Musicology and Performing Arts Faculty