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DOI: 10.46698/l0621-0675-6391-d
THE SONG «FÆZZÆDZHY ZARÆG» (AUTUMN SONG) IN THE OSSETIC CALENDRICAL RITUALISM: TYPOLOGY AND MUSICAL STYLISTICS
Dzlieva, Dzerassa M.
Kavkaz Forum. 2020. Issue 2.
Abstract:
The Ossetic folk calendar is repeatedly becoming the object of scientific
research, but the musical component of the rite remained beyond the scientific
interest of researchers. In this article, for the first time, the musical and poetic
features of the song «Fæzzædzhy Zaræg» (lit. Autumn Song) performed during the
holiday in honor of the first mowing season are considered. The sources for the
study were samples from the collections «Iron Adæmon Sfældystad», «Monuments
of Ossetic Folk Art», «Ossetic Folk Songs» under the editorship of E. Gippius and
B. Galaev, as well as materials from the North Ossetian Institute for Humanitarian
and Social Studies Scientific Archive. The musical material «Fæzzædzhy Zaræg»
is presented in the North Ossetian Institute for Humanitarian and Social Studies
Scientific Archive and in the book «The Ossetian Folk Songs». The object of
attention in the article is the musical and poetic features of the «Autumn Song».
The study carried out an analysis of 10 samples. Musical and poetic originality is
noted, special attention is paid to the harmonic, rhythmic and melodic features
of the song. General observations also relate to the dynamics of historical
development associated with the extinction of the cult and the loss of contexts
for the performance of a ritual song. The analysis of the musical component of the
autumn holiday in honor of the beginning of haymaking gives the opportunity
to draw conclusions that the song was ritually magical and sung with faith in
verbal magic. The song also uses calls for work, praise of the hardworking, and
ridicule of the lazy. Musical and typological analysis reveals a single musical style
«Fæzzædzhy Zaræg» which is characterized by uniform ladoharmonic indicators.
The publication is provided with drawings, diagrams and musical examples.
Musical material is introduced into scientific circulation for the first time.
Keywords: musical folklore, Ossetic folk calendar, calendar songs, Ossetic ethnomusicology
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