Tatarstan is an
autonomous republic
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within
Russia, where the largest ethnic group are the
Tatars. Their traditional music is a mixture of
Turkic
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,
Mongolic and
Finnic elements, reportedly bridging
Mongolian and
Hungarian music. Nonetheless, the most distinguishing feature of Tatar music is the
pentatonic scale, which aligns it with the
Chinese and
Vietnamese musical traditions. Instrumental dance music, secular song and sacred music are all a part of Tatar folk music. Instrumentation includes the
kubyz (
jaw harp),
surnay,
quray
The ''quray'' ( Bashkir ҡурай, Tatar quray, ) is a long open endblown flute with two to seven fingerholes, and is the national instrument of the Bashkirs and Tatars. The instrument is a type of Choor. On March 1, 2018 Kurai was registered as ...
(
flute
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) and
garmon-talianka.
In the mid-20th century, a number of Tatar composers became renowned, including
Cäwdät Fäyzi Fäyzullin Cäwdät Xaris ulı (Tatar language, Tatar: Фәйзуллин Җәүдәт Харис улы, pronounced ) Cäwdät Fäyzi (Җәүдәт Фәйзи , anglicized as Jaudat Faizi; russian: Файзи́ (Файзу́ллин) Джауда ...
,
Salix Säydäş Säydäşev Salix Camaletdin ulı (pronounced Salix Säydäş, also spelled Salikh Saydash(ev) ( Tatar Cyrillic: Сәйдәш(ев) Салих Җамалетдин улы; russian: Сайда́шев Сали́х Замалетди́нович, S ...
,
Mansur Mozaffarov
Mozaffarov Mansur Äxmät ulı (pronounced ), Mansur Mozaffarov; Tatar Cyrillic: Мозаффаров Мансур Әхмәт улы; russian: Музафа́ров Мансу́р Ахме́тович, Muzafarov Mansur Akhmetovich; 1902 – ...
and
Näcip Cihanov. Many of the works of the Russian-Tatar composer
Sofia Gubaidulina
Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (russian: Софи́я Асгáтовна Губaйду́лина, link=no , tt-Cyrl, София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина; born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Russian composer and an established ...
have been inspired by Tatar music.
The largest center of Tatar national music is the Jalil Opera and Ballet Theatre named after
Musa Cälil
Musa Cälil ( tt-Cyrl, Муса Җәлил, translit=Musa Çəlil, ; russian: Муса Джалиль; 25 August 1944) was a Soviet– Tatar poet and resistance fighter. He is the only poet of the Soviet Union awarded simultaneously the Hero ...
. The first Tatar
opera, ''Saniä'', was staged in 1925. It was composed by
Soltan Gabashi in collaboration with
Vasili Vinogradov
Vinogradov Vasily Ivanovich (; Vasili Vinogradov, russian: Виногра́дов Васи́лий Ива́нович; 1874–1948) was an ethnically Russian Tatar opera composer, violinist and pedagogue. TASSR Honoured Worker of Culture (19 ...
.
Farit Yarullin was the creator of the first Tatar
ballet, ''
Şüräle
Shurale ( Tatar and Bashkir: Шүрәле, yræˈlɘ russian: Шурале) is a forest spirit in Tatar and Bashkir mythology. According to legends, Şüräle lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn on its forehead, and a woolly body. ...
''. Modern Tatar music includes practically all existing basic musical genres.
Almaz Monasypov is one of the first Soviet Tatar composers re-embodied in modern music the ancient layers of the national tradition like baits ( tt-Cyrl, бәет), munajats ( tt-Cyrl, мөнәҗәт) and book singing ( tt-Cyrl, китап көе).
Modern, non-traditional music includes pop,
rock, hip-hop music (for example,
İttifaQ
İttifaQ (Cyrillic: ИттифакЪ) is a Tatar hip-hop and r'n'b group.
Founded in 2005, it was among the first hip-hop squads performing rap
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery th ...
), etc. One of the most remarkable artists, who obtained her own niche in Tatar music is the renowned
world music singer and composer
Zulya Kamalova
Zulya Nazipovna Kamalova (russian: link=no, Зуля (Зульфия) Назиповна Камалова; tt-Cyrl, Зөлфия Нәсип кызы Камалова; born in Sarapul, Udmurt ASSR) is an Australian singer. She currently resides ...
,
[ak]
Zulya
/ref> who currently resides in Australia
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. One of the most outstanding examples of contemporary Tatar music is the rock opera The Wanderer in Bulgar
''The Wanderer in Bolghar, Bulgar'' aka ''The Minstrel in Bolghar, Bulgar'' ( tt-Cyrl, Ил Гизүче Болгарда, translit=İl Gizüçe Bolğarda) is a 30 minutes Tatar rock opera written and directed by Vladislav Chebitarev, music by Rä ...
– an amalgamation of , the Tatar Opera
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different tradition and western rock music arrangements with Russian rock prints. Tatar pop singers Alsou (who sings in English, Russian and Tatar) and Zemfira (who sings mostly in Russian) are currently among the most popular musical performers in Russia. The National Tatarstan Orchestra
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is the major symphony orchestra in Tatarstan.
References
External links
Online tatar radio (tatar music only)
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