Archaic Aerophones and Idiophones in Modern Russian Culture

摘要

Such archaic aerophones and idiophones as horns and vargan (jew's harp) play important role in both traditional and modern Russian culture. The scientific interest to this problem is characterized by the archaeomusicology, ethnomusicology, musical anthropology and sociology. The article is dedicated to research in a comparative way the aspects of the traditions with their different styles according to the geographical regions. Tver and Vadimir horns', Altai and Sibir vargans' playing is usually used in festivals, concerts, scientific studies and domestic musical practice. A special research area is the reconstruction of ancient instruments with new manufacturing technologies and materials.