Music of Uzbekistan
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The music of
Classical music of Uzbekistan
The music of what is now Uzbekistan has a very long and rich history.
After Turkestan became part of the Russian Empire in the 19th century, first attempts were taken to record national melodies of Turkestan. Russian musicians helped preserve these melodies by introducing musical notation in the region.
In the 1950s, Uzbek folk music became less popular, and the genre was barred from radio stations by the
The people's Artist of Uzbekistan Turgun Alimatov is an Uzbek classical and folklore composer, and tanbur, dutar, and sato player. His compositions include "Segah", "Chorgoh", "Buzruk", "Navo", and "Tanovar". His image is associated with national pride and has been presented as the symbol of Uzbek classical music to the world.[6]
Another well-known Uzbek composer is Muhammadjon Mirzayev. His most famous compositions include "Bahor valsi" ("The Spring Waltz") and "Sarvinoz". "Bahor valsi" is played on Uzbek television and radio channels every spring.
In recent years, singers such as Yulduz Usmonova and Sevara Nazarkhan have brought Uzbek music to global audiences by mixing traditional melodies with modern rhythms and instrumentation.[2] In the late 2000s, Ozodbek Nazarbekov mixed contemporary music with elements of traditional Uzbek music.
Western Classical music in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan has also produced many notable composers and performers in the European classical art music idiom, and is home to notable symphony orchestras, festivals,[9] and contemporary music ensembles.[10] The State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, based in Tashkent and founded in 1936, is the nation's leading higher education institution for the professional training of musicians.
Contemporary music of Uzbekistan
Many forms of popular music, including folk music, pop, and rock music, have particularly flourished in Uzbekistan since the early 1990s. Uzbek pop music is well developed, and enjoys mainstream success via pop music media and various radio stations.
Many Uzbek singers such as
Rock
Currently rock music enjoys less popularity than pop music in Uzbekistan.
An Uzbekistani
Rap
Musicians
Artists and bands
Uzbek artists
- Lola Yoʻldosheva
- Rayhon
- Sevara Nazarkhan
Uzbek bands
Composers in the western classical tradition
- Dilorom Saidaminova
- Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky
- Felix Yanov-Yanovsky
- Mirsodiq Tojiyev
- Mutavakkil Burhonov
- Polina Medyulyanova
Instruments
Many
String
- Dutor (long-necked fretted lute)
- Rubob (long-necked fretted lute)
- Tanbur (long-necked fretted lute)
- Tor(long-necked fretted lute)
- Ud (long-necked fretted lute)
- Gʻijjak (spike fiddle)
- Chang (struck zither)
Wind
- Dili tuiduk
- Karnay (long trumpet)
- Nay (side-blown flute)
- Qoʻshnay (clarinetlike instrument made from reed)
- Surnay (loud oboe)
Percussion
- Doira(frame drum)
- Dovul (drum)
- Nogʻora (pot-shaped drum covered with leather on the top)
- Qoshiq (spoons)
- Zang (bracelets)
References
- ^ Fierman, William. "Uzbekistan." Microsoft Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008
- ^ a b Levin, Theodore. "Uzbekistan". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
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- ^ Mamadjanova, Elnora (2016). Traditional Music of the Uzbeks. Tashkent: Extremum Press.
- ISBN 978-0253332066.
- ^ Matyakubov, O. "A Traditional Musician in Modern Society: A Case Study of Turgun Alimatov's Art". Yearbook for Traditional Music 25 (1993), pp. 60-66.
- ^ "The Art of Propaganda". EurasiaNet. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Uzbekistan: National Singer Sherali Joʻrayev is Sixty. His Concerts - Banned by Authorities". Ferghana News (in Russian). 26 April 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ISBN 9781793642912
- ^ Lisack, Lucille. (2018). A National School for Global Music: The Case of Uzbekistan in the Globalized Network of Western-Style “Contemporary Music”. In David G. Hebert & Mikolaj Rykowski, eds., Music Glocalization: Heritage and Innovation in a Digital Age. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, p.190-217.
- ^ "Bands by Country: Uzbekistan". Metal Archives. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Catherine (21 April 2011). "Uzbek Government Censors Rap Music". Euriasianet. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ^ "Uzbek musical instruments". Sairam. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
External links
- Uzbek Modern Music, Website dedicated to modern popular Uzbek music
- Uzbek Classical Music, Website dedicated to traditional Uzbek music
- History of Uzbek music, Oriental Express
- Uzbek Music by Mark Dickens, Oxus Communications
- Uzbek musical instruments, the Museum of Applied Arts of Uzbekistan
- Listen to the sounds of Uzbek musical instruments, Tours of Uzbekistan
- Eurasian music science journal, scientific journal of music research founded by The state conservatory of Uzbekistan