THE EURASIAN INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE IN THE WORKS OF KAZAKHSTAN COMPOSERS OF THE FIRST GENERATIONS (1920-1950)

Abstract

Kazakhstan is a country located in the very center of the Eurasian continent, plays a special
transit role between East and West, Asia and Europe, not only in the transfer of goods, but also
in the exchange of ideas.
This is especially noticeable in the musical art of the country, which at different times was
influenced by neighboring peoples and countries.
In the XX century, Kazakhstani music went the way of westernization, having developed a new
national tradition on the model of European composer schools. The centuries-old traditions of
intercultural exchange have influenced vectors and the Westernization process, which is
especially noticeable in the work of composers of the first generations, who formed a new
tradition based on synthesis, dialogue between the richest local oral traditions and art of the
West - Europe and Russia.
This determines the modern scientific approach to the music of such composers as A.
Zataevich, A. Zhubanov, E. Brusilovsky, L. Khamidi and others, taking into account both the
methods of Western musicology and the ethnic and ethno-anthropological aspects.

The article attempts to describe the adaptation mechanisms of the compositional principles of
Kazakh ethnic oral traditions to the form, harmony and instruments inherent in Western art.