A look at the study of the genre of “Mugham” in the work of Ramiz Zohrabov

Abstract

The purpose of the research to study the genre of "mugham" in the works of one of the great musicologists Ramiz Zohrabov, who holds a special place in the development of modern Azerbaijani music culture and musicology science and continues the complex and multifaceted path of this science. The research methodology is based on music-analytical, theoretical, and historical analysis. It was noted that in the works of R. Zohrabov, the regularities, development features, mode, structure, and other features of the "mugham" genre were analyzed in a scientifically substantiated way. At the same time, the scientific-theoretical principles and researches of Azerbaijani musicologists form the methodological base of the article. The scientific novelty of the research is that the article, first presented as special research work, is devoted to the study of the genre of "mugham" in the works of Ramiz Zohrabov, one of the researchers of Azerbaijani national music, and the study of scientific and theoretical research of musicologists. In this regard, in his research on the genre of “Mugam”, deep scientific works of the musicologist, analysis, and results achieved in the direction of research of national music in the modern period were expressed. Although research has been conducted in this direction before R.Zohrabov, it is his research that perfectly combines the scientific approaches of modern musicology. It was noted that Ramiz Zohrabov took a very careful approach to the study of mugham, which includes a deep and deep-rooted culture, and chose the right direction, as well as accurate research.

Keywords

• Ramiz Zohrabov
• Azerbaijani national music
• musicologist
• mugham
• dastgah

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