The Azerbaijani Ashiq: Musical Change, Transmission, and the Future of a Bardic Art

IF 0.4 3区社会学 0 FOLKLORE

JOURNAL OF FOLKLORE RESEARCH Pub Date : 2020-11-14 DOI:10.2979/jfolkrese.57.3.01

Behrang Nikaeen, Anna Oldfield

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Abstract:This article examines how changes in methods of transmission are enhancing a tendency toward musical change in the Azerbaijani ashiq genre as it is performed in the Republic of Azerbaijan and northern Iran. Based on fieldwork in both of these regions, the authors have observed the ashiq genre in flux, shifting from an essentially narrative bardic genre to an essentially musical genre. Although many factors influence this change, this study focuses on how changing methods of transmission are impacting this change. Although the Republic of Azerbaijan and northern Iran are different contexts, the processes are similar: as the genre has changed from being taught in a master-apprentice model to music lessons and self-teaching, many of the skills specific to bardic dastan (epic) recitation are not being transmitted to younger ashiqs. Instead, musical skills that encourage virtuoso performance are being transmitted and are popular with contemporary audiences. This paper seeks to explore and contextualize this change from bardic to musical values within discussions of transmission and musical change in the disciplines of folklore and ethnomusicology.

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阿塞拜疆阿西克：音乐的变化、传播和吟游艺术的未来

摘要：这篇文章探讨了在阿塞拜疆共和国和伊朗北部表演的阿塞拜疆ashiq流派中，传播方式的变化是如何增强音乐变化的趋势的。基于在这两个地区的实地调查，作者观察到阿西克流派在不断变化，从一种基本上叙事的吟游诗人流派转变为一种基本的音乐流派。尽管许多因素会影响这种变化，但本研究的重点是传播方式的变化如何影响这种变化。尽管阿塞拜疆共和国和伊朗北部的背景不同，但过程相似：随着这一流派从师徒模式转变为音乐课程和自学，许多吟游诗人（史诗）朗诵特有的技能并没有传递给年轻的阿希克人。相反，鼓励演奏家表演的音乐技巧正在被传播，并受到当代观众的欢迎。本文试图在民俗学和民族音乐学学科中讨论传播和音乐变化的过程中，探索和语境化这种从吟游诗人到音乐价值观的转变。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Folklore Research has provided an international forum for current theory and research among scholars of traditional culture since 1964. Each issue includes topical, incisive articles of current theoretical interest to folklore and ethnomusicology as international disciplines, as well as essays that address the fieldwork experience and the intellectual history of folklore and ethnomusicology studies. Contributors include scholars and professionals in additional fields, including anthropology, area studies, communication, cultural studies, history, linguistics, literature, performance studies, religion, and semiotics.