FOLK INSTRUMENTAL PROGRAMMATIC MUSIC: PIECES WITH THE PLOT "THE SHEPHERD HAS LOST HIS SHEEP» IN THE NORTHERN BLACK SEA AND CARPATHIAN REGIONS
Journal: Problems of music ethnology
Year: 2025

The article examines the pieces with the plot “The Shepherd Has Lost his Sheep” as a remarkable example of the folk instrumental programmatic music genre which is typical for the pastoral communities of the Northern Black Sea &amp; Carpathian regions, and its analogues across Eurasian traditions. The study analyses the structural and stylistic features of the genre, including the combination of slow, free-rhythm improvisation with a fast dance section, the use of some natural minor scales and re