The Impact of the Individual on Georgian Musical Tradition (original) (raw)

Abstract: The information on the development of Georgian traditional music dates to the 19th and 20th centuries. We can only presume how the activity of Davit Aghmashenebeli, Giorgi Mtatsmindeli, Sayatnova, Catholic missionaries and others could have influenced Georgian traditional music before that time. However, when studying the texts of Georgian traditional music we notice some fragments, pointing to the “mutation” of personal origin. The transformation of the Georgian folk song or church hymn texts, more precisely the transformation of performance norms is observed in the first half of the Soviet epoch; this is related to the presentation of mass character of folk art and its “packing” for stage performances. Moreover, the variants of distinct personal interferences into the texts of Georgian traditional music can be presented as follows: 1. Composed songs in traditional manner (e.g. by Varlam Simonishvili) 2. Composed songs in non-traditional manner (by Giorgi Iobishvili) 3. “...