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Subject: The interrelationship between a traditional instrument and modern art music in Norway. Purpose of study: To reveal how the special status of a folk instrument has influenced the development of art music from the period of national romanticism up to today. Methods: Descriptive, historical.
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Subject: The development of the gambus as Malay folk instruments and an exploration of the complex relationship between music and Islam in Malaysia. Purpose of study: To evaluate the ambiguous role of music in Malay Muslim society and the significance of the gambus as a symbolic representation of Islamic identity of the Malay world. Methods: Organology and ethno-historical perspective.
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Subject: The symbolic representation of the bell in Slovenian culture. Purpose of study: To analyze the phenomena of the appearance of the bell in Slovenian folk heritage, bell inscriptions, iconography, Christian and pre-Christian rituals. Methods: Folklore, descriptive, historical.
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Review of: Daiva Vyčinienė - Naujas lietuvių folkloristikos baras: XX a. pirmosios pusės garsinė dokumentika
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Šių metų pradžioje Ispanijoje teko dalyvauti vienoje kiek neįprastoje Zamarramalos miestelio (3,3 km nuo Segovijos, Kastilijos ir Leono autonominėje srityje) moterų šventėje, kuri kasmet ten švenčiama nuo vasario 5 dienos. Ji siejama su šventa Agota (ispaniškai – Santa Águeda). Lietuvoje ji irgi minima vasario 5-ąją. Mūsų krašte šią dieną bažnyčioje šventinama duona, o ir pati šventoji lietuvių ikonografijoje neretai vaizduojama su duonos kepalėliu rankoje. Įprasta tos šventintos duonos įdėti iškeliaujančiajam, kad saugotų jį nuo pavojų ir nelaimingų atsitikimų. Beje, šv. Agotos duoną naudodavo ir gaisrui gesinti, mesdami ją į ugnį, nes lietuvių tradicijoje ši šventoji apskritai sieta su ugnimi. Manoma, kad krikščionybės laikais šv. Agota netgi perėmusi namų židinio deivės Gabijos funkcijas (žr. Angelė Vyšniauskaitė. Mūsų metai ir šventės. Kaunas, 1993, p. 23–26).
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The subject of article is the history of the musical and poetic composition of the Christmas sticheron “Σήμερον ὁ Χριστός” by Johann Damascene with the Gospel quotation “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, and good will toward men” (Lk. 2:14), as well as the circle of associated stichera in Byzantine, Old Russian and Kiev-Lithuanian traditions. The musical text of the hymns is represented in Greek manuscripts by Chartres, Coislin and middle-Byzantine neumes; Old Russian chant books were analyzed using znamenny neumes and singer notation; and Kiev manuscripts - using Kievan five-line notation records. The melody of the Christmas sticheron emphasizes the importance of the Gospel quotation with long melismatic musical fragments of the quotation itself and the previous sentence. This sticheron became a model for several hymns to Epiphany, Purification of the Most Holy Mother of God, Annunciation and Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God, the majority of which were excluded from liturgical use. There are various ways of creating a new sticheron based on the model: prosomoion may be a calque or an independent composition with certain elements of model tune. The latter case of the sticheron to the Entry into the Temple “Σήμερον τῷ ναῷ προσάγεται” has its own musical text history in three traditions, independent from that of the model. Chants of Old Russian manuscripts of 11th-14th centuries are similar to those of a Byzantine origin, but in the 15th-17th centuries the music of these two traditions has developed in different ways. The Kievan chant tradition, similar to both Old Russian and Byzantine ones, is a point of intersection of chant cultures.
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Në shprehjet poetike të këngëve të dasmës janë pasqyruar, duke u rivlerësuar në mënyrë të përqëndruar e të përgjithësuar, tiparet më karakteristike të vlerave artistike të zbukurimit të zbatuar në ceremonial. Sigurisht gjatë mbartjes në sistemin formulativ të gjuhës pofetike popullore, shprehjet fjalësore të këtyre vlerave i janë nënshtruar një përpunimi të gjatë e të hollësishëm, duke u çmuar tashmë, para së gjithash, si vlera poetike, si sajesa gjuhësore me ngarkesë të veçantë shprehëse dhfe emocionale. Mbështetur në shembuj kryesisht nga Dardha dhe fshatra të tjera të Devollit të Sipërm (Korçë), në numrin e kaluar të « Kulturës popullore», jemi ndalur hollësisht në analizën përshkrimore për të vazhduar tashmë me analizën semantike të këtyre pasqyrimeve.
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Review of: ENVER HOXHA NË KËNGËT E POPULLIT, Botim i institutit të Kulturës Popullore të akademisë së shkencave të RPSSH, Vëllimi 1, 2, Tiranë 1985. Review by: Bedri Dedja
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Dans le chansonnier des preux on constate des faits et des phénomènes linguistiques qui appartiennent à diverses périodes de l’évolution de l’albanais et notamment à des parlers dans lesquels il est chanté de génération en génération. Cela n’est point étonnant si l’on tient compte que transmis oralement d’une génération à l’autre le chansonnier ne peut être inévitablement soumis aux changements qu’ont subi les parlers septentrionaux de l’albanais et surtout au cours des quatre ou cinq derniers siècles. Bien qu’ils se soient efforcés de gader intacts dans chaque période l’esprit et les principaux motifs de ce chansonnier déjà appris par coeur, étant en général des gens de talent inspirés et dotés de capacités expressives qui les font distinguer de la majorité de leurs contemporains, les rhapsodes populaires ne se sont pas contentés de reproduire ce même chansonnier.
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Le 15 juin de l’année 1389, la bataille entre l’armée de la «coalition balkanique» guidée par le prince serbe Lazare et l’armée turque-ottomane qui était dirigée par le Sultan Murad I, lui-même, eut lieu à Fushë — Kosova. Les données historiques sur cette «coalition» ainsi que sur les événements et les véritables conséquences de la bataille sont si moindres et contradictoires que la Guerre de Kosova 1389 a été couverte par la légende et le caractère symbolique de la «catastrophe des habitants des Balkans» qu’elle prit dans la tradition orale et les chansons populaires, chantées plus tard sur elle.
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L’étude comparative des traditions épiques, constitue en elle-même une tradition. Les ressemblances entre les traditions épiques de divers pays n’ont pas laissé d’étonner les scientifiques et les ont poussé à créer dés théories en vue d’expliquer ces ressemblances frappantes entre des traditions épiques appartenant à des périodes et à des pays différents. Ainsi il y a beaucoup de ressemblances entre l’épopée homérique et celle albanaise, tant sur le fond qué dans les détails.
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Les chansons héroïques des peuples des Balkans naquirent dans des conditions bien déterminées et précisément à une époque de grands affrontements dûs à des conflits continus ét particulièrement âpres dans les zones frontalières. On sait par exemple, que les chansons accritiques créées au VIII e et surtout au IX e ont été alimentéés par les guerres incessantes que les Byzantins livraient contre l’islamisation arabe st qu’elles n’ont cessé d’éxister qu’au Xle, époque à laquelle les ottomans réussirent à occuper l’Asie Mineure. Ces chansons furent cependant conservées dans les autres contrées de la Grèce ét dans les îles de la Mer Egée où s’était installée la population grecque chassée par l’occupant. Mais, plus tard, surtout après l’occupation de la Grèce par les ottomans, ces chansons s’éteignirent peu à peu pour cédér la place aux chansons historiques dédiées aux Klephtes. Dans les nouvelles chansons, l’élément surnaturel est rejeté au profit de la simplicité, de la clarté et du réalismé.
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Art, which has survived from the earliest times to the present, With the new horizons opened as a result of the developments in science and technology, on the one hand, it pushed the limits of the imagination of human beings, on the other hand, it also caused a change in the methods used in the works of art produced. In the 1960s, the concept of modern art, which emerged at the end of the 19th century, started to leave its place to contemporary art, especially in the visual arts, rejections of aesthetic concerns emerged, and electronic music, which was on the rise in the auditory arts in the same period, has completely changed the game. The main point of this article, which will deal with issues such as the concept of Raw Art and the emergence of electronic music, is the show called Coucou Bazar, in which Jean Dubuffet and İlhan Mimaroğlu use painting, movement and music together. This show, which was quite extraordinary and resounding as of the period it was held, will be evaluated in terms of the visuality that our world-famous composer, who has worked far beyond his time, prefers to use in his different works, as well as being an inspiration to today's artists.
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The article scientifically substantiates the artistic challenges posed in the outstanding Russian composer and music – theoretician I. V. Matsiewski’s creativity. The features of wind instruments interpretation in I. V. Matsiewski’s scientific works and application of folk wind instruments in the music for the films “The Tree of Eternity”, “Pharaoh”, “Sochinushki” and “Believe It” are discovered. It is proved that the use of ethnic wind instruments in I. V. Matsiewski’s music gives them a special semantic and dramaturgical value, contributes to the product becoming a multicultural text.
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This paper is based on field research in the western part of northern Macedonia on the current state of The Epic Songs of the Frontier Warriors in 2012-2016. This research is part of the very large scientific research project “The Epic Songs of the Frontier Warriors – a monument of the Albanian cultural heritage in the Balkans: Kosova, Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia”, known as Project E5, hosted by Zymer U. Neziri. Project E5 is an evidence material of the Government Commission Dossier on its preparation for The Epic Songs to be declared as a value of the spiritual heritage of mankind in UNESCO. The results of this project are: 15 volumes of songs and written stories (with over 5 thousand pages) and 16 volumes of surveys (close to 6 thousand pages). Initially, this paper will address the research and collection of the Epic Songs of Frontier Warriors at the end of the last century in the vicinity of Gostivar, to continue further with data on active rhapsodists in the late XX- th and early XXI- st century, and their epic repertoire. An important result of the research of Project E5 in the vicinity of Gostivar and in other Albanian areas in the western part of Northern Macedonia, is considered especially the recording of group rhapsodists singing, polyphonic two-part singing, as well as singing without usage of musical instruments which are laid out in volume XV, including the written part of the songs and the part of the songs recorded with the camera. Registrations were made in: Kumanova, Skopje, Tetova, Gostivar and Kichevo. The E5 project was well evaluated by Albanian experts at its inaugural gatherings in Pristina, Tirana, Skopje, Tuz and Zurich. External experts from the University of Milan and Harvard University have also praised the E5 Project. In the competition, among about two thousand projects from about 50 countries, Project E5 of Kosova was awarded the prize by Europa Nostra, Special Thought 2016, in Madrid, in the research category. This special award is of great importance, because the Epic Songs of the Frontier Wariors is evaluated for the first time on a European scale, preceding the evaluation in UNESCO. This is the largest project of its kind in the Balkans, realized simultaneously, in the years 2012-2016, in the five Balkan countries where Albanians live.
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There is almost no empirical research into the later stages of classical singers’ careers and the difficulties faced. A quantitative study of operatic soloists was conducted via online questionnaire to ascertain when and how these difficulties manifest themselves. The survey divided the singers into 2 groups: those who stopped their solo careers as a result of the difficulties and those whose careers continued, in order to explore the differences between the responses of the 2 groups to the career downturn. This article posits that the singer’s crisis is a common experience, though one which singers seldom discuss amongst themselves. To illustrate this, it focuses on the 2 causes for career difficulties most often cited by the respondents: mental health issues and technical vocal problems. The study demonstrates a reluctance by singers to deal with anxiety, stress and self-doubt, even at the cost of their careers.
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In this article, the ecological dimension is discussed in the selected Turkish oral poetry samples. The framework of our study is to evolve the concept of ecology consisting of the terms “oikos/home” and “logia/science”, which means “the science of home/being at home”, to the meaning content that covers the entire natural and cultural environment in which people live. In this context, considering the human being at home and being on earth, trying to determine the extent to which the reflections, beliefs, and approaches about “being in the world/nature” that we think include the folk songs as the type of oral poetry constitute the main purpose of the article. In this context, the ecological functional dimension of the folk songs, which constitute an aesthetic and communicative aspect of the Turkish folk culture, is evaluated within the framework of the functional theories of folklore and interpreted in light of the views of deep ecology approach. Exemplary folk songs and minstrel (ashik) poetry which are thought to contain nature-related themes used as data for the study were selected through literature review. While the interpretation scheme is established by utilizing the ethnomusicological point of view in terms of evaluating music in a cultural context, deep ecology approach determines the conceptual framework of eco-critical evaluation.
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The healing power and effect of music are well-known by many cultures throughout history. Thanks to the recent technological developments, it has been proved that beyond its soothing and calming properties, music is a powerful cognitive stimulant. It can reach an individual’s inner world deeper where the oral communication falls short, and it is a motivation source for motoric movements. Because of these researches and their outcomes, the music therapy field occurred in psychology. Germany initiated research on music therapy with psychiatric patients in a clinical environment after WWII. The field of music therapy has been gaining popularity among researchers from different disciplines, and new interdisciplinary studies have been emerging. In the field of music therapy in Germany, the types of publication, subject fields, distribution of scientific studies, publication fields, years and what they are were determined as the problem of the research in the field of music therapy in 2010-2019. The aim is to investigate and study of these publications that are published in Germany. The surveying method is used to denounce the problem of this study.
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Od mitološkog, simboličkog jedinstva poezije i muzike (Euterpa, Amfion, Orfej), preko sinkretizma do zvukovne organizacije pesničkog jezika (eufonije), svuda nalazimo istu tendenciju, omeđavanje dveju sličnih umetnosti ili pak pokušaj njihovog sjedinjavanja. Poezija je bila oduvek u sličnom odnosu i sa drugim umetnostima, nastojeći svuda da dokaže svoju superiornost; dovoljno je setiti se samo “Laokoona” (koji taj problem rešava u korist poezije) ili Leonardovog “Traktata” (koji daje prevlast slikarstvu), pa da se vidi da poezija zadire sa istim pretenzijama u sfere i drugih umetnosti, ne samo muzike.
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