The study of Mordovian song folklore in the works of researchers of the XIX-XXI centuries

Modina Ekaterina Olegovna

Mordva is one of the many Finno-Ugric peoples living both on the territory of the Russian Federation and beyond its borders. The main habitat is located between the Volga and Sura rivers. This nation has a long history and rich musical folk culture. A large number of legends and traditions are in the treasury of the Erzya and Moksha folk wisdom. From the earliest times, various scientists - ethnographers, researchers of folklore sought to convey the knowledge of the past. At first, these were only collections of poems. Then, thanks to the advent of the phonograph, the first music collections began to appear. Over time, notation of musical samples of culture developed, and the first multichannel tape recorders appeared to replace the phonograph. The recording of song folklore acquired a more accurate transcript. Voices began to be recorded on 3 - 8, and sometimes even ten staves. Such recordings already conveyed the movement of each voice leading. In the songs, it was possible to highlight certain patterns of the plexus of voices. This article is devoted to the study of Mordovian song folklore in the works of Russian and foreign researchers of the XIX-XXI centuries. Among folklorists, the work highlights the most famous figures who have made an invaluable contribution to the preservation of traditional folk culture. The article introduces their works, which most fully reveal the world of Mordovian song folklore. Among the works you can find both early and later - from ancient ancient poems to highly accurate musical multichannel transcripts, allowing you to professionally analyze the movement of each voice.

Keywords:Folklore, traditions, researcher, folklorist, ethnographer, musical - song, collection, Mordovians, Erzya, Moksha.