On the Music-Synergetic Processes of Epic Art

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to reveal in the diachronic aspect some principles of the musical self-organization of the Azerbaijani heroic epic. The research aims also to study some features of the self-organization in the opera “Koroglu” by Uzeyir Hajibeyli. The research methodology is aimed at using methods of synergetic paradigm. The notion of non-linearity is a fundamental principle of asynergy. As well as synergetics, the application of certain methodological principles of a cognitive paradigm in the study of the musical language of the heroic epic would also be effective. The scientific novelty of the research. The article offered to the attention of readers one of the first experiments on the application of the principles of the synergetic paradigm in the field of ethnomusicology. Conclusions. One of the most formidable examples of the Turkish heroic epic, the “Book of Dede Qorqud” was a complex system developed on the principle of self-organization. The synergetic aspects of the study of the period of the early heroic epic allow an initial description of epic performance as a manifestation of cognitive processes. According to the author, the synergetic approach allows us to take a fresh look at the problem of “composer and traditional musical art”. In the most generalised form, it can be argued that due to the artist’s intertextual dialogue with the epic tradition, centuries-old concepts acquire new semantic shades in the modern historical and cultural context. The Opera “Koroglu” by the founder of the Azerbaijan compositional school Uzeir Hajibeyli is vivid evidence of this.

Keywords

• synergetic paradigm
• self-organization
• cognitivism
• epic
• “Kitabi Dede Korkut”
• “Koroglu”