Manifestations of Mobility of Rhythmic Structure in the Epic Songs of Pomorye

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Julia I. Kovyrshina

Abstract

This article describes the mechanisms of structural mobility
in the rhythmic forms of the North-Russian epic tunes
(bylina) and the sacred verses (stikh). The author reveals the
levels and the character of structural variation of rhythmic
periods, belonging to the classes of non-evenly segmented,
evenly segmented and caesural forms. These elements are
demonstrated on the materials from one of the most prominent
epic traditions of Russia, that of the North Sea and
White Sea region of Pomorye. Different degrees of mobility
can reveal itself in the epic tunes on the level of musicalsyllabic
rhythmic formulas, on the level of rhythmic periods,
in the systems of rhythmization, and, finally, on the rhythmic
level of the composition as a whole.

Keywords: ethnomusicology, musical epos, the folklore of coast-dwellers (Pomorye)

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How to Cite
Kovyrshina, J. I. (2008). Manifestations of Mobility of Rhythmic Structure in the Epic Songs of Pomorye. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 3(2), 37–44. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/718
Section
Musical Cultures of Russia
Author Biography

Julia I. Kovyrshina, Petrozavodsk State Conservatory named after A. K. Glazunov

Associate Professor of the Department of Music History