Pentecost Songs in the System of Traditional Musical Culture of the Belgorod Region
Abstract
The article highlights the problem of genre attribution of tunes of the spring-and-summer period of the peasants’ calendar cycle. The materials for research were comprised of folksongs about the holiday of Pentecost recorded in the Belgorod Region. Publications and archival records indicate a number of issues facing the researcher, such as the genre diversity of the set of musical texts under consideration, and the presence of different terminologies among both song collectors and performers. This phenomenon may be explained by the relatively late period of formation of the southern Russian musical culture, as well as the peculiarities of its organization (the multiplicity of local traditions). During the analysis of the melodies, it was possible to establish the presence of structural connections
with the predominant genre group within each specific regional tradition. The results of the study may be used for mapping the components of regional song systems, and also make it possible for us to present the features of the formation of the traditional musical culture in the south of Russia in a new light.
Keywords: calendar-ritual songs, timed songs, Pentecost rituals, southern Russian song tradition, dominant idea for the genre and style
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