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Leotar, F. (2012). Criteres d’appreciation des epopees: Le cas d’une "pop" karakalpake. MUSICultures, 39(1). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/view/20000
Abstract
This article aims to identify the criteria by which the Karakalpak bards of Central Asia evaluate the performance of their epics. To do so, Frédéric Léotar analysed the vernacular terminology used in listening situations. First, the author played archive recordings of the most esteemed masters from the 1960s, but these did not give rise to detailed verbalization. Faced with this methodological obstacle, the researcher then decided to propose pieces played by novices, and specifically the pop rendition of part of a traditional epic. A number of terms and expressions referring to several key criteria of Karakalpak musical culture emerged from the commentaries first collected from a professional bard (G’ayrat O’temuratov), then confirmed by others. Paradoxically, the criteria, as they were felt and expressed by advocates of traditional Karakalpak epics, came out in a much more explicit way in response to the pop version than to the versions of reference. In this instance, the discussion around the modern version allowed for the revelation of aesthetic markers used by the most accomplished bards, specifically because this version was missing certain key elements of the traditional versions, the latter generally not eliciting detailed comments.- The author retains copyright over the work.
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