The development of musical Turkology at the present stage
The paper examines the topical issues of musical Turkology, one of the most popular trends in modern ethnomusicology. Its purpose is to describe the current state of this relatively new scientific discipline. The author for the first time reveals the main stages in the development of musical Turkology, defines its goals and objectives, and outlines the prospects for further development. The objects of the research are the achievements in the field of this knowledge, including the activities of a number of organizations involved in the study and promotion of musical and poetic art of the Turkic peoples, as well as musical material on traditional vocal, instrumental and vocal-instrumental art of Turks, mostly in Central Asia. Scientific and practical significance of this paper is that it investigates the poorly known phenomena in the music of the Turks and popularizes them. The research methodology involves the use of an integrated approach in the analysis of separate problems of musical Turkology and comparative typological and comparative historical methods. Prospects for the development of musical Turkology in the author’s opinion are in creation of the international regional scientific-research center (ISRC) or the Institute for the music of the Turks at the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory. Within its frameworks it will be possible to organize international folklore and ethnographic expeditions in the regions inhabited by Turkic peoples or Turkic diaspora (China, Mongolia, the CIS countries, Turkey, Hungary, Germany, etc.), as well as to carry out joint researches in different areas of musical Turkology.