Open AccessRemaining Musics: Lithuanian Karaimes
Author(s) -
Karina Firkavičiūtė
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
acta orientalia vilnensia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2424-6026
pISSN - 1648-2662
DOI - 10.15388/aov.2001.18357
Subject(s) - lithuanian , melody , harmony (color) , musical , context (archaeology) , turkish , history , geography , anthropology , sociology , art , linguistics , literature , visual arts , archaeology , philosophy
The article discusses three principal parts of the musical heritage of Lithuania’s Karaimes both in a parochial, as well as in a broader liturgical and social context. The author analyses the specificity of their locale features and compares them with analogous manifestations in other Karaime communities (emigres from Egypt and the Crimea), as well as in Judaic and Eastern Christian traditions. The comparisons confirm the authenticity of Lithuanian Karaime liturgical melodies with their original structure and the principles of sound and text harmony preserved.