scholarly journals Manifestation of Azerbaijani Music Elements in Ilham Nazarov’s Performance Technique as a Countertenor

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-166
Author(s):  
Osman Ozel
Keyword(s):  
Vocal Folds ◽  
Vocal Performance ◽  
Musical Culture ◽  
Performance Technique ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
National Music ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Vocal Art ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Voice

The article is devoted to the study of the features of the vocal performance of the Honored Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Nazarov, who entered the history of Azerbaijani musical culture as the first performer with a countertenor timbre of voice. At the same time, the singer's uniqueness in vocal art lies in the fact that he has a wide range, as well as various vocal timbres, which determines the use of various performing techniques. The purpose of the research is to determine the features of Ilham Nazarov’s vocal performance technique as a countertenor and the influence of elements inherent in Azerbaijani music on his performance technique. The research methodology is based on the use of methods of music-analytical, historical, theoretical analysis, as well as physiological analysis of voice. In the article, the characteristics of the performer’s voice are also presented with documents, which are confirmed through laboratory tests. The methods and principles of the approach used in the framework of the research are aimed at studying the features of the musician’s voice and studying the characteristic elements of Azerbaijani music in its performance technique. The scientific novelty of the research is that the influence of Azerbaijani music on the performance of the Honored Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Nazarov is being investigated for the first time. At the same time, the author explains the place and importance of the musician’s work in the art of vocal performance in Azerbaijan. I. Nazarov is the first performer with a countertenor voice timbre in the art of vocal performance in Azerbaijan. Voicing samples of national music with such a timbre of the voice itself requires a technique of distinctive performance. In this respect, the structure of the musician's performance is a process based on a complex technique. These features have been first studied and investigated on a scientific basis. Conclusions.  Based on the study of the features of I. Nazarov’s performance, the following may be concluded: I. Nazarov is a vivid example of the art of vocal performance in Azerbaijan. The features of the voice turn the performer into a unique phenomenon in the musical culture of Azerbaijan. The study focuses on the physiological features of the musician’s voice and presents the size of the vocal folds for the first time. This explains the volume of the broadband of the performer’s voice, as well as the reason for his performance by both the bass and countertenor timbre of the voice. The countertenor timbre of the voice has a distinct technique of performance. Performers having such a timbre of voice mostly refer to the composers’ works of the Baroque period. Voicing the national music of Azerbaijan with a countertenor voice timbre in itself means the combination of two different performance techniques. Thus, in his work, the performer successfully combined the technique of countertenor performance with the  features of the original performance of Azerbaijani mugham. As a result, the musician was successful in forming a unique, original style of performance.

scholarly journals Optimising outcome assessment of voice interventions, II: sensitivity to change of self-reported and observer-rated measures

2007 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
I N Steen ◽  
K MacKenzie ◽  
P N Carding ◽  
A Webb ◽  
I J Deary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Health ◽  
Voice Quality ◽  
Voice Handicap Index ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Voice Therapy ◽  
Vocal Performance ◽  
Symptom Scale ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Responsiveness To Change

AbstractObjectives:A wide range of well validated instruments is now available to assess voice quality and voice-related quality of life, but comparative studies of the responsiveness to change of these measures are lacking. The aim of this study was to assess the responsiveness to change of a range of different measures, following voice therapy and surgery.Design:Longitudinal, cohort comparison study.Setting:Two UK voice clinics.Participants:One hundred and forty-four patients referred for treatment of benign voice disorders, 90 undergoing voice therapy and 54 undergoing laryngeal microsurgery.Main outcome measures:Three measures of self-reported voice quality (the vocal performance questionnaire, the voice handicap index and the voice symptom scale), plus the short form 36 (SF 36) general health status measure and the hospital anxiety and depression score. Perceptual, observer-rated analysis of voice quality was performed using the grade–roughness–breathiness–asthenia–strain scale. We compared the effect sizes (i.e. responsiveness to change) of the principal subscales of all measures before and after voice therapy or phonosurgery.Results:All three self-reported voice measures had large effect sizes following either voice therapy or surgery. Outcomes were similar in both treatment groups. The effect sizes for the observer-rated grade–roughness–breathiness–asthenia–strain scale scores were smaller, although still moderate. The roughness subscale in particular showed little change after therapy or surgery. Only small effects were observed in general health and mood measures.Conclusion:The results suggest that the use of a voice-specific questionnaire is essential for assessing the effectiveness of voice interventions. All three self-reported measures tested were capable of detecting change, and scores were highly correlated. On the basis of this evaluation of different measures' sensitivities to change, there is no strong evidence to favour either the vocal performance questionnaire, the voice handicap index or the voice symptom scale.

scholarly journals Ethnic Musical Culture of Moscow Mari (I)

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-30
Author(s):  
Marina Vasilevna Kutsaeva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Moscow Region ◽  
Musical Culture ◽  
New Members ◽  
Selective Sampling ◽  
Ethnic Language ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ethnic And Cultural Identity ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Modern Technologies

The article deals with the problem of maintaining and preserving the ethnic musical culture of the Mari people in the conditions of the diaspora. The purpose of the article is to determine the prospects for preserving the ethnic musical culture of members of the Mari diaspora in the framework of integration processes in the multicultural Moscow region. Methods. The article is based on the data obtained when conducting a sociolinguistic survey in the Mari diaspora of the Moscow region; the selective sampling includes 100 respondents, all of them are natives of the Republic of Mari El or places of traditional compact settlement of the Mari ethnic group, currently living in Moscow or in the Moscow region. One of the aspects of the survey was to study the respondents’ language loyalty, which indirectly manifests itself in in the knowledge and observance of ethnic musical culture. In particular, the respondents were asked questions about the language or languages in which they are likely to sing or listen to songs, about the value and significance of Mari songs in their lives. Based on their answers, tables, reflecting the results, were drawn. Results. According to the results of the sociolinguistic survey in the Mari diaspora, a vast majority of the respondents (96%) listen to (and/or sing) songs in their ethnic language one way or another, under completely different circumstances and using a wide range of modern technologies and telecommunications. The representatives of the Mari Diaspora take an active part in various cultural and musical events, which are held not only within the framework of the ethnic Mari community in Moscow, but also on the private initiative of young Mari activists. The author concludes that the ethnic musical culture, which the members of the Diaspora maintain both independently and in groups, undoubtedly plays an important role in uniting the Moscow Mari people and attracting new members of the Mari Diaspora, it slows down assimilation processes and contributes to the preservation of their ethnic and cultural identity.

scholarly journals Mineral composition and gemological characteristics of jewelry-ornamental ammonites of the Republic of Adygea

2019 ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
D. A. Petrochenkov
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Composition ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Mineral Inclusions ◽  
Technological Characteristics ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Republic ◽  
First Time

For the first time, data on the mineral composition and gemological characteristics of the jewelry-ornamental ammonites of the Republic of Adygea have been presented. Ammonites consist mainly of the calcite with inclusions of quartz, glauconite, kaolinite, aragonite, pyrite, apatite and hematite. The walls and partitions of the shells mainly lost the original aragonite composition and consist of calcite with inclusions of pyrite and apatite. Aragonite is preserved fragmentary in the walls and partitions of the shells. Calcite contains some elements-admixture, which average volumes, (wt. %), are: Mg0,62, Mn0,31 and Fe 1,26. The color and transparency of calcite is determined by the structural features of the crystals and mineral inclusions. Ammonites of the Republic of Adygea have a wide range of sizes and are associated with sediments of the lower Cretaceous. According to the decorative and technological characteristics ammonites can be used as a jewelry-ornamental material for the production of a wide range of ware.

scholarly journals Ethnic Musical Culture of Moscow Mari (II)

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Marina Vasilevna Kutsaeva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Moscow Region ◽  
Musical Culture ◽  
New Members ◽  
Selective Sampling ◽  
Ethnic Language ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ethnic And Cultural Identity ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Modern Technologies

The article deals with the problem of maintaining and preserving the ethnic musical culture of the Mari people in the conditions of the diaspora. The purpose of the article is to determine the prospects for preserving the ethnic musical culture of members of the Mari diaspora in the framework of integration processes in the multicultural Moscow region. Methods. The article is based on the data obtained when conducting a sociolinguistic survey in the Mari diaspora of the Moscow region; the selective sampling include 100 respondents, all of them are natives of the Republic of Mari El or places of traditional compact settlement of the Mari ethnic group, currently living in Moscow or in the Moscow region. One of the aspects of the survey was to study the respondents’ language loyalty, which indirectly manifests itself in in the knowledge and observance of ethnic musical culture. In particular, the respondents were asked questions about the language or languages in which they are likely to sing or listen to songs, about the value and significance of Mari songs in their lives. Based on their answers, tables, reflecting the results, were drawn. Results. According to the results of the sociolinguistic survey in the Mari diaspora, a vast majority of the respondents (96%) listen to (and/or sing) songs in their ethnic language one way or another, under completely different circumstances and using a wide range of modern technologies and telecommunications. The representatives of the Mari Diaspora take an active part in various cultural and musical events, which are held not only within the framework of the ethnic Mari community in Moscow, but also on the private initiative of young Mari activists. The author concludes that the ethnic musical culture, which the members of the Diaspora maintain both independently and in groups, undoubtedly plays an important role in uniting the Moscow Mari people and attracting new members of the Mari Diaspora, it slows down assimilation processes and contributes to the preservation of their ethnic and cultural identity.

Scheming

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seán Damer
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Housing Policy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
Local Council ◽  
Housing Scheme ◽  
Post War ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Voice ◽  
House Building

This book seeks to explain how the Corporation of Glasgow, in its large-scale council house-building programme in the inter- and post-war years, came to reproduce a hierarchical Victorian class structure. The three tiers of housing scheme which it constructed – Ordinary, Intermediate, and Slum-Clearance – effectively signified First, Second and Third Class. This came about because the Corporation uncritically reproduced the offensive and patriarchal attitudes of the Victorian bourgeoisie towards the working-class. The book shows how this worked out on the ground in Glasgow, and describes the attitudes of both authoritarian housing officials, and council tenants. This is the first time the voice of Glasgow’s council tenants has been heard. The conclusion is that local council housing policy was driven by unapologetic considerations of social class.

The Sayan borderlands: Tuva’s ethnocultural landscapes in changing natural and sociocultural environments

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
D. A. Dirin ◽  
Paul Fryer
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
Population Migrations ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Sociocultural Processes ◽  
First Time

The paper is devoted to ethno-cultural landscapes of the Republic of Tuva. Ethnocultural landscapes (ECLs) are specific socio-environmental systems that developed as a result of the interaction of ethnic groups with their natural and social environments and are in a constant process of transformation. An attempt is made to identify the mechanisms of the formation, functioning and dynamics of ethnocultural landscapes in the specific conditions of the intracontinental cross-border mountain region, as well as to establish the main factors-catalysts of their modern changes. For the first time an attempt is made to delimit and map the ethnocultural landscapes of Tuva. For this, literary sources, statistical data and thematic maps of different times are analyzed using geoinformation methods. The results of 2014-2018 field studies are also used, during which interviews with representatives of different ethno-territorial, gender, age and social groups were taken. It is revealed that the key factors of Tuva’s ethnocultural landscape genesis are the natural isolation of its territory; the features of its landscape structure; the role of government; population migrations from other regions and the cultural diffusion provoked by them. 13 ethnocultural landscapes are identified at the regional level. Their modern transformation is determined by the shift of climatic cycles, aridisation, globalisation of sociocultural processes, changes in economic specialisation and ethnopsychological stereotypes.

The Legal Status of Local Government in South Africa under the New Constitutional Dispensation

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mbuzeni Mathenjwa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
First Time

The history of local government in South Africa dates back to a time during the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. With regard to the status of local government, the Union of South Africa Act placed local government under the jurisdiction of the provinces. The status of local government was not changed by the formation of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 because local government was placed under the further jurisdiction of the provinces. Local government was enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa arguably for the first time in 1993. Under the interim Constitution local government was rendered autonomous and empowered to regulate its affairs. Local government was further enshrined in the final Constitution of 1996, which commenced on 4 February 1997. The Constitution refers to local government together with the national and provincial governments as spheres of government which are distinctive, interdependent and interrelated. This article discusses the autonomy of local government under the 1996 Constitution. This it does by analysing case law on the evolution of the status of local government. The discussion on the powers and functions of local government explains the scheme by which government powers are allocated, where the 1996 Constitution distributes powers to the different spheres of government. Finally, a conclusion is drawn on the legal status of local government within the new constitutional dispensation.

Prospects for the use of omix-technologies in preclinical practice of production-related diseases of the voice

2020 ◽  
pp. 541-541
Author(s):  
Y. S. Alizade ◽  
L. B. Rudin
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Voice Disorders ◽  
Vocal Folds ◽  
The Voice

The potential predictive possibilities of minimally invasive prenosological diagnosis of voice disorders on the basis of combined Geno - and phenotyping of persons at risk of diseases of the vocal folds of professional origin.

The revision of lichens, lichenicolous and non-lichenized fungi from the Vodlozersky National Park (Republic of Karelia, Russia) in the Herbarium of the Botanical Museum, University of Helsinki

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-348
Author(s):  
V. N. Tarasova ◽  
T. Ahti ◽  
O. Vitikainen ◽  
A. V. Sonina ◽  
L. Myllys
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Lichenized Fungi ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Lichenicolous Fungi ◽  
Biogeographic Province ◽  
Botanical Museum ◽  
The Republic ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lichen Flora

This is a report of a revision of 565 herbarium specimens of lichens, lichenicolous or non-lichenized fungi and additional locality records of common species produced from a visit of the Russian-Finnish expedition to Vodlozersky National Park right after its foundation in 1991. The analyzed collection and field records represent the earliest information about the lichen flora of the territory of the park. In total, 177 species are listed including 173 lichens, 3 non-lichenized and 1 lichenicolous fungi. Xylographa rubescens is new to the Republic of Karelia. Twenty two species are reported for the first time for biogeographic province Karelia transonegensis; 47 species for the Karelian part of Vodlozersky National Park; and 17 species for the whole territory of the park.

Some new and interesting mosses (Bryophyta) from Republic of North Ossetia — Alania

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 322-327
Author(s):  
G. Ya. Doroshina ◽  
I. A. Nikolajev ◽  
Yu. V. Lavrinenko
Keyword(s):  
Rare Species ◽  
The Republic ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Ossetia

Fissidens gracilifolius, Leptodontium flexifolium, Lindbergia dagestanica, Tortella bambergeri are recorded for the first time in the Republic of North Osetia — Alania. Rare species for the Republic are discussed: Fabronia ciliaris, F. pusilla, Lindbergia grandiretis, Tortula modica, Weissia wimmeriana, Zygodon rupestris.

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