Transcriptions of Symphonic Music in the Repertoires of Folk Musical Instrument Orchestras: A Historical Overview
Abstract
The designated issue is examined in the article on a retrospective plane – from its inception in
the late 19th and early 20th century to the present day. Transcriptions of classical compositions,
including orchestral music, incorporated in the concert and pedagogical activities of Russian folk
instrument orchestra, is characterized by the author as a most significant factor which makes it
possible to resist the attempts of interpreting performance on folk instruments exclusively as a
folklore-ethnographic phenomenon. Works by outstanding composers of the classical academic
school transcribed for folk orchestra not only present an essential source for complementing
the contemporary repertoire of concert ensembles, but also serve as important didactic material
conducive for the formation of professional skills of orchestral performance in the practice of
work of student orchestras.
On the basis of preserved reviews, documentary testimonials, as well as facts and events
pinpointed by researchers the author of the article discloses tendencies which are characteristic
for transcriptions in various periods of formation and development of folk orchestral performance.
The qualified characterizations of the carried out “adaptations” of orchestral classics associated
with any concrete period of the activities in the indicated sphere of performance practice are
established by the author with the consideration of objective conditions of the formation of the
instrumental ensemble makeup within Russian folk orchestras and their social and historical
context. Transcriptions of orchestral music are acknowledged to be an important constituent part
of the asserted here full-fledged academic status of Russian folk instrument orchestras functioning
within the frameworks of the professional community.
Keywords: transcription, repertoire, orchestra of Russian folk instruments, academic
performance on folk instruments.
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