On first volume of the compilation “100 Songs of Yakutia” (songs for voice with piano arranged by M. N. Zhirkov and G. G. Lobachev, song fragments from the operas by M. N. Zhirkov And G. I. Litinsky)
The object of this research is the arrangement of Yakut folk songs preserved in the fund of the first Yakut composer M. N. Zhirkov (1892-1951) in the National Library of Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The subject of this research is the manuscript “100 Songs of Yakutia”. Part of them were published in the compilations “Sakha Yryalara” (1948) and “Yakut Folk Songs” (1958). Special attention in the comparative aspect is given to the published examples, namely in the music collections of A. V. Scryabin and F. G. Kornilov. The article discusses the inner content of songs arrangement that were included into the manuscript “100 Songs of Yakutia”, commentaries of the experts, and testimonies of the contemporaries. The author raises the question of co-authorship of the melodies and arrangements, some of which are the folk melodies. The examples characterized with the developed melodious structure are viewed as the result of melodic creativity of the amateur authors, as well as the impact of musical professionalism of the European type. Analysis of the manuscript heritgage of M. N. Zhirkov demonstrated that multiple arrangements of the Yakut folk songs were conducted in collaboration with Moscow composers G. I. Litinsky and G. G. Lobachev. The article is first to carry out a comparative analysis of the corpus of song arrangements from the manuscript of M. N. Zhirkov “100 Songs of Yakutia” preserved in the funds of the National Library of Sakha Republic (Yakutia).