Konstrukcja białoruskich cymbałów. Historia – ewolucja – perspektywy
The structure of the Belarussian cimbalom. Its history, evolution and future prospects

Summary/Abstract: From the beginning of the 20th century, an academic school of cimbalom performance started to take shape in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. A folk instrument was thoroughly modernized to meet the requirements of the universally used European system based on the chromatic scale. As a result, a unique variety of the instrument was created: the academic cimbalom. The article was based on Belarussian and Russian sources. The author defines such terms and concepts as the national instrument and its academization. These concepts can be found in existing literature. The history of academizing national instruments goes back to the nineteenth century and the persona of Vasily Andreyev, who also deserves credit for the modernisation of the balalaika and introducing the instrument to audiences worldwide.

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