Cultural Approach to Periodization Development of Syrian Music Culture as a Scientific Instrument of Its Development Future Musician-Teachers of Russia

Abstract

The article is devoted to the little-studied problem of pedagogy of music education-the definition of scientific grounds for the content and process of studying the Syrian musical culture by future musicians-teachers in higher educational institutions of Russia. According to the author's concept, the necessary scientific prerequisite for solving this problem is the theoretical justification of the main periods of the historical formation and development of musical culture of Syria as a way of learning the art of music in the context of the evolution of culture. The article reflects the views of musicologists (Arab and Russian) on the periodization of the history of musical culture of Syria, the authors’ position on the need to develop a new – culturological – approach to periodization, pedagogically focused on the application in practice of Russian pedagogical universities. Its theoretical justification and implementation in relation to the study of Syrian musical culture allowed to summarize the main trends in the formation of musical culture of Syria on the basis of the concept of its openness and the ability to conduct a fruitful dialogue with the musical traditions of the Arab and European world. The proposed periodization is considered by the authors as a scientific tool for mastering the fundamental laws of Syrian musical culture by future musicians-teachers studying in higher educational institutions of Russia. In accordance with the identified historical periods, the article reveals the process of formation and development of mentally significant features of Syrian music. Exploring the content features of each of the selected periods, the importance of typological characteristics of the Syrian musical tradition in the ratio of its ancient origins and imported influences of both Eastern (Arab) and European is emphasized. The analysis of Syrian music from culturological positions allowed to reveal the dominant trend of its development, expressed in the desire to preserve national traditional values throughout the centuries-old history up to the present day, to characterize the ratio of vocal and instrumental music, especially its genres and modal originality.

Keywords

• syrian music
• cultural approach
• traditional foundations of syrian classical music
• musical and pedagogical orientation of periodization on the russian education system