KHAKMAR

“KHAKMAR”, a Bashkir ethnic song, uzun-kyuy. It was registered by composer M.A. Muzafarov in 1928 in Orenburg city, in the 1940’s by A.A. Eichenwald (it is in The Glinka Museum of Musical Culture, Moscow). It was published in the “Songs of my people” collection (1995). The song is lyroepic. The song is dedicated to the native lands, the lyrics praise the beauty of the Sakmara river. The song’s melody is based on a major pentatonic. It has a wide range of sounds (thirteenth). Richly ornamented intrasyllabic chants make it more expressive; the general wavelike melody imitates a river current. The musical adaptations for solo and organ were made by V.L. Murtazin and I.I. Khisamutdinov.

G.A. Ishkinina