Mutual influence of the Crimean Tatar and Crimean-Armenian cultures in the context of musical, lexical and antroponymic parallels

Abstract

The process of formation of the Crimean Tatar musical culture, as a whole, can be divided into periods of post-Byzantine – Kypchak – Golden Horde, Tatar – Seljuk – Islamic, Ottoman – Nogai ethno-musical influence on the development of this process, as well as on the period of merging of the musical culture of the steppe and south mountain Crimean Tatars (Tats). The process of formation of the Crimean Tatar musical art, to a certain extent, was also influenced by the musical culture of the Crimean-Armenians who lived together with the Crimean Tatars in the Crimea for half a thousand years and were evicted in 1778 to the lower Don. The author made an attempt to identify and,on the basis of lexical analysis of the language and historical antroponymy of the Crimean-Armenians and Crimean Tatars, as well as on the level of mutual influence and interpenetration of the musical cultures of both ethnic groups – to fix the degree of participation of the musical and song folklore of the Crimean-Armenians in the development of the Crimean Tatar musical culture.

Keywords

• crimea
• crimean tatars
• crimean armenians
• language
• music
• art
• antroponymy