TO THE QUESTION OF DEFINING THE “SINGING CULTURE” CONCEPT
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Information about authors: Gordeeva Tatyana Yuryevna, PhD in Philosophy, Associate Professor, Department Chair of Musical Education, Pedagogy and Musicology, Kazan State Institute of Culture (Kazan, Russian Federation). E-mail: Gordeeva-muz@rambler.ru
Annotation: The aim of the article is to defi ne the term “singing culture” in scientifi c literature. It was discovered as a part of the study that the term is understood mainly as a part of intellectual culture or as a part of music culture along with the music and instrumental culture. The use of the term “singing culture” particularly comprises non-academic singing tradition, whereas the term “vocal culture” is used in academic singing tradition, both of them often being substituted by the term “singing.” At present the term “singing” is being realized as a phenomenon tightly related to the existence of a person. It is an independent unit connected with the spirituality and embodiment of a human being. Taking into consideration the deductions of the scholars studying the world music cultures, we should pay more attention to apply, on the one hand, deeper, and, on the other hand, specifi cally oriented approaches of investigating these systems. Thus, it is required to address the general universals and the origins of singing cultures. For instance, among these universals “sound phenomenon” and “singing sound” can be named. In this context “singing culture” should be understood as crossing the border which divides purely sensual nature of “sound phenomena” and the sphere of phenomena, or “singing sounds”. It may be also considered correct to speak of the singing sound culture, highlighting the distinguished importance and value of singing sound. It represents a twofold phenomenon directly associated with embodiment and spirituality of a person and comprises the basis, “rolled up variety” of every singing culture.
Keywords: spiritual culture, music culture, singing culture, vocal culture, vocal art, singing, sound phenomenon, singing sound.
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Information about authors: Gordeeva Tatyana Yuryevna, PhD in Philosophy, Associate Professor, Department Chair of Musical Education, Pedagogy and Musicology, Kazan State Institute of Culture (Kazan, Russian Federation). E-mail: Gordeeva-muz@rambler.ru
Annotation: The aim of the article is to defi ne the term “singing culture” in scientifi c literature. It was discovered as a part of the study that the term is understood mainly as a part of intellectual culture or as a part of music culture along with the music and instrumental culture. The use of the term “singing culture” particularly comprises non-academic singing tradition, whereas the term “vocal culture” is used in academic singing tradition, both of them often being substituted by the term “singing.” At present the term “singing” is being realized as a phenomenon tightly related to the existence of a person. It is an independent unit connected with the spirituality and embodiment of a human being. Taking into consideration the deductions of the scholars studying the world music cultures, we should pay more attention to apply, on the one hand, deeper, and, on the other hand, specifi cally oriented approaches of investigating these systems. Thus, it is required to address the general universals and the origins of singing cultures. For instance, among these universals “sound phenomenon” and “singing sound” can be named. In this context “singing culture” should be understood as crossing the border which divides purely sensual nature of “sound phenomena” and the sphere of phenomena, or “singing sounds”. It may be also considered correct to speak of the singing sound culture, highlighting the distinguished importance and value of singing sound. It represents a twofold phenomenon directly associated with embodiment and spirituality of a person and comprises the basis, “rolled up variety” of every singing culture.
Keywords: spiritual culture, music culture, singing culture, vocal culture, vocal art, singing, sound phenomenon, singing sound.
