On the Ontological Foundation of the Adyghe Genre of Nart Pshinatley

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Beslan G. Ashkhotov

Abstract

The article makes an attempt, for the first time in history, to identify the specific features of text and melody of one of the most ancient genre of Caucasian region, the epic songs (pshinatles of nart) which were formed by the second millennium B.C. The author reveals the signs of the early folkloristic musical-poetic thinking in the songs of narts. The author sets forth a hypothesis on nature and time of the emerging of this genre in relation with its temporality of syncretic ritual action. The nart pshinatl conveys the information on coexistence of Man and Nature, on the process of genesis, and emergence of Order from Chaos.

Keywords: archaic mentality, epos, nart songs, ritual performance, sacred sound

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Ashkhotov, B. G. (2010). On the Ontological Foundation of the Adyghe Genre of Nart Pshinatley. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 6(1), 41–49. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/596
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Musical Cultures of Russia
Author Biography

Beslan G. Ashkhotov, North-Caucasian State Institute of Arts

Doctor of Arts, Professor, Pro-rector of Studies

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