YALSYGUL

“YALSYGUL”, Bashkir ethnic song, kyska-kuy. The song was registered by L.N. Lebedinskiy from I.S. Dilmukhametov in 1939 and published in the “Bashkort khalk yirdary” collection by G.Z. Suleymanov. It is an optimistic song of a worker called Yalsygul. “Y.” melody is based on a major pentatonic and resembles a dance. The image is revealed and the melody expressed by means of variable 2nd and 3rd measures in the chorus. The musical adaptations for choir and accompaniment were made by K.F. Akhmetov and R.V. Salmanov. There is also a kubair with the same name registered by Lebedinskiy in 1939 from B. Bikbay.

G.A. Ishkinina