The two Kinds of The Archaic in the Musical Culture of Chuvash People

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Mikhail G. Kondratjev

Abstract

The tradition of Chuvash culture has an ancient history. Its uniqueness is mainly due to the fact that many archaic components are still preserved. Both the language (related to Turkic) and the folk art (mirroring the ancient mythological cosmology) bear an archaic hallmark. The author isolates two kinds of Archaic in regards to musical art: the early pre-civilized one and the later one, which bears an imprint of creative musical art of ancient oriental civilizations. Music examples and instances of lyrical art of the Chuvash people are being analyzed in the article.

Keywords: ethnomusicology, musical folklore, Chuvashi culture, archaic art

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How to Cite
Kondratjev, M. G. (2007). The two Kinds of The Archaic in the Musical Culture of Chuvash People. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 1(1), 170–178. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/825
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Musical Cultures of Russia
Author Biography

Mikhail G. Kondratjev, Chuvash State Institute of Humanities

Doctor of Arts, Leading Scientific Worker, Chair of the division of Art Theory