Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / «Psalm» of the Doukhobors Javakheti «Uzrekh Mnogo Narodu» as a Typical Example of the Genre

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2022 15 (1)
Authors
Kosykh, Alexandra V.
Contact information
Косых, А. В.: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория им. Н. А. Римского-Корсакова Российская Федерация, Санкт-Петербург; Kosykh, Аlexandra V.: St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory St. Petersburg, Russian Federation;
Keywords
doukhobors; a sect; psalms; Living book of the doukhobors; religious songs; folklore
Abstract

Psalm «Uzrekh mnogo narodu» is the most important in the liturgical and funeral practices of the Doukhobors of Javakheti. Its text, containing nine Evangelical Beatitudes, borrowed from the Orthodox Typicon, conveys the most important Christian values, which observance helps to achieve the Heavenly Kingdom. The features of musical style of the psalm (composition, scale, intonation, rhythmic) are characteristic also of other samples of a genre. The musical stanzas are of considerable length. The composition is characterized by the complexity of the principles of coordination of poetic text and melody. The wide chant of syllables is one of the genre and style features. In the development of the tune, the trichord musical phrase (a-c1-d1) plays a leading role, which varies and repeats many times. The question of the origin of the Dukhobor psalm genre is still open, but its links with Orthodox culture at the level of texts and of principles of inclusion in ritual, at the level of tune with narrative genres of musical folklore are obvious

Pages
48–60
DOI
10.17516/1997-1370-0875
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/145111

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