Turkmen Epic Song: Musicological Approach
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- 1. Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan, Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Ashqabad, Turkmenistan
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The purpose of the study is to identify the genre and structure features of Turkmen epic songs. The work has the following objectives: to describe the local school of epic art in Turkmenistan; to research a particular style of singers of tales; to review the epic songs for determining its genre and composition characteristics. The research methodology includes comparative-historical method mainly. For the first time in the Turkmen sciences society, the epic genres were provided with an integrated approach, which includes prosaic texts and poetry, epic songs and art of singer. Scientific novelty. We have researched that bearers of oral professional art in Turkmenistan are bagshys, who are the successors of the art traditions of Oguz khans; the earliest examples of pieces of art dating back to the period of Turkic khagans. Besides the “Gorogly” and “Gorkut ata” epic stories, the Turkmen singers of tales’ bodies of work are numerous folk destans. The epic song is the foremost important structural element of the composition in destans. The epic songs can be classified into initial songs, the middle register songs and bright final song, each group has specific functions. Conclusions. It has been proved that the highest achievement of Turkmen folk art, which reflects national features, high spiritual, moral and patriotic ideals of the people, is the art of epic singers. The spread of oral epic art allowed preserving many attributive techniques of art and expressive means of musical language. In general, the study took only the first step towards researching the Turkmen epic heritage, where are a lot of unexplored facts. Epic songs, being stable structures, sound different from different epic singers, emphasizing the individual characteristics of each performer. Thus, the folk song serves as a basis, focusing on the style of performance of both destanchy and the school.
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