Bukhara
home of the Shashmaqam
Khiva
home of the Khorezm Maqam
Qoghanda
home of the Ferghana-Tashkent Maqam
Shashmaqam
250 pieces, 6 suites, each suite named after a melodic mode
Khorezm Maqam
parallels w/ Shashmaqam, but different melodic material
Alti-Yarim
“six and a half”, alternate name for Khorezm Maqam, due to one suite only including instrumental
Ferghana-Tashkent Maqam
lighter and faster, also more popular.
Alternatively called “Char”-Maqam, with 4 suites
What language are the texts in?
drawn from Persion and Chagatay poetry.
awj
climax of a song
shube
a small group of related pieces within one maqam
aruz
system of poetic meters
usul
rhythmic mode
Dutar
2 stringed, long-necked lute
Sato
a bowed tambur, with one bowed string and 4 sympathetic strings
Tambur
Plucked, long-necked lute, one plucked string and 4 sympathetic strings
Doira
framed drum with jingles
Qoshnav
End-blown double-pipe, each pipe with own reed
ghijak
spike-fiddle
Chang
strucked zither
Surnai
oboe
Karnai
long ceremonial trumpet
Otanazar Matyakubov
Head of Dept. of Eastern Music, Tashkent State Conservatory
Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky
Russian Musicologist who helped found Tashkent State Conservatory
Aleksei Fedorovich Kozlovsky
Wrote first symphonic composition of Uzbekistan, “Lola”
Ulugbek
opera composed by Kozlovsky

goal to create opera that appealed to Russians and Uzbeks

Mutavaqqil Burxaanov
studied at Moscow conservatory,and aimed to blend Uzbek and Euro sounds

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wrote Nawa’i

Xudabergan
Mafioso from Khorezm, huge patron of the arts

neo-feudalism, displays of wealth

gap
in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, male gathering with food, drink and music, where a mullah leads a discussion on a religious topic
abdal
term used by Levin to describe a musician who lives an “exemplary life”, dedicating their life to playing music for worship
Turgun Alimatov
non-conservatory musician, criticizes the “freezing” of the Shashmaqam

He takes a freer, “alive” approach to Shashmaqam

saz
harmony
Arif Xatamov
set songs to poetry of 12th century poet, Yassawi
Yulduz Usmanova
Pop queen, studied at conservatory