2408-932XResearch Result. Social Studies and Humanities2408-932X10.18413 /2408-932X-2015-1-1-45-52144RESEARCHESFOLK SONGS GENESIS: HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTFOLK SONGS GENESIS: HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTZhirovMikhail S.ZhirovMikhail S.zhirov@bsu.edu.ruAlekseevaOlga I.AlekseevaOlga I.alex-amritam@mail.ruZhirovaOlga Ya.ZhirovaOlga Ya.knarhor7@mail.ru20151100

The article presents the studies of Russian folk songs evolution in Belgorod Region with reference to culture and history. A folk song is seen as a special verbal and music art. Distinctive features of the national character of Russian people are embodied in its content and genre richness. The authors discuss various hypotheses that explain the genesis of folk songs and the origin of folk on the whole. To support the thesis that a folk song has a high "valence", the ability to self-development, the potential willingness to be "modernized" the authors give the analysis of culture classics devoted to folk music artistic creation and folklore and ethnographic material processing. The research can be used in the educational process by culture scientists, art historians, and ethnographers.

The article presents the studies of Russian folk songs evolution in Belgorod Region with reference to culture and history. A folk song is seen as a special verbal and music art. Distinctive features of the national character of Russian people are embodied in its content and genre richness. The authors discuss various hypotheses that explain the genesis of folk songs and the origin of folk on the whole. To support the thesis that a folk song has a high "valence", the ability to self-development, the potential willingness to be "modernized" the authors give the analysis of culture classics devoted to folk music artistic creation and folklore and ethnographic material processing. The research can be used in the educational process by culture scientists, art historians, and ethnographers.

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