Evolution of Tatar and Bashkir Qur’an Reading Tradition from the Middle Ages till Catherine the Great’s Epoche
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2020-16-1-83-104
Abstract
The article traces the most important stages in the development of the tradition of the Qur’anic reciting by the Tatars and Bashkirs of Russia in the pre-Catherine time, i. e. from the epoch of Middle Age islamization up to the late 18th century. The author reveals some factors, which let the tradition develop diachronically. It is pointed out that the melodic characteristics of the ethnic tradition of reciting of the Quran are conditioned by the peculiarities of the developing folk music culture, determined primarily by the pentatonic (five-stage) mode basis. The closeness of the Tatar and Bashkir cultures dictates the use of the ethno-regional research methodology. According to it, the tradition of the Tatar and Bashkir Qur’anic reciting is considered as a whole phenomenon due to the ethnical resp. linguistic closeness of the both peoples. The information from medieval treatises, historical works, as well as cultural works is also involved into the horizon of this interdisciplinary research.
About the Author
Z. A. Imamutdinova
Государственный институт искусствознания; Московский исламский институт
Russian Federation
Competing Interests: The State Institute for Art Studies; Moscow Islamic Institute
Russian Federation
Zilya A. IMAMUTDINOVA, Cand. Sci. (Arts), senior researcher at the Department of Music Theory, The State Institute for Art Studies; head of the Centre for Islamic Art Studies, Moscow Islamic Institute, Spiritual Board of Muslims of Russian Federation
5, Kozitski Lane, 125009, Moscow
12, Kirova Lane, Moscow, 109382
Competing Interests: The State Institute for Art Studies; Moscow Islamic Institute
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Imamutdinova Z.A. Evolution of Tatar and Bashkir Qur’an Reading Tradition from the Middle Ages till Catherine the Great’s Epoche. Islam in the modern world. 2020;16(1):83-104. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2020-16-1-83-104
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