The Research Conducted by Mikołaj Witaszewski (1857–1918) into the Musical Culture of the Yakuts
Karolina Kondracka
Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4305-2324
Abstract
My article aims to present the research achievements of Polish exile Mikołaj Witaszewski, with particular emphasis on his music studies. The article consists of four sections. In the first (introduction) I present the researcher’s biography and the reasons why he found himself in Siberia. In the second, I discuss the songs reported by the Polish exile, and a systematic classification of oral music tradition. The third part is dedicated to shamanism and the functions of music in the shamanic ceremonies according to Witaszewski’s research. The last part presents his comments on the heroic epic known as olonho. The paper comes complete with texts of 19th-century Yakut songs in my own translation, and images of the shaman’s drum.
Keywords:
Mikołaj Witaszewski, exil, Yakut music, Siberian musicReferences
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Karolina KondrackaInstitute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4305-2324
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