AKMECHET

AKMECHET, the Bashk. folk instrumental march. First recorded on the phonograph by L.N.Lebedinsky in 1939, published in the Bashkort Khalk Yirdary digest. The A. appeared in  the  1853  military  campaign under the command of V.A.Perovsky to the Ak-Mechet Kokand fortress. Melody has a strophic form, cheerful and active in its character. Based on quartz intonations which simulate military pipe signals. There is the Salkovsky (Tsiolkovsky) cover version of A.