Bendratautinės Europinės etninės muzikos poveikis lietuvių tradicinio kankliavimo repertuarui

Abstract

In our article, written using the latest typology and research methods of kanklės, we present a brief history of kanklės research. In the research of the interaction between ethnic and common European traditions in the repertory of the Lithuanian kanklės music of the late 19th century and the early 20th century, many common features have been noticed in genres and means of expression between the music of kanklės and accordion. It is obvious that kanklės music has been influenced by accordion music. The 'kanklė's players retained the main features of West Aukštaičiai, Žemaičiai and Suvalkiečiai song melodies: dominating major tonalities, homophony, simple rhythmic structure and metre. Songs that are played on the kanklės almost remained unchanged and retained the character of vocal songs. Therefore, we can state that this type of songs did not become an independent genre of the instrumental repertoire. Translated by Valdimantas Markevičius