International Journal of Literature and Arts

Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2017

  • Theoretical and Analytical Study of Northwest Regional Dance Music Document Database Construction

    Liu Zhong

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5-1, October 2017
    Pages: 1-6
    Received: 24 April 2017
    Accepted: 27 June 2017
    Published: 21 August 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijla.s.2017050501.11
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Music and Dance
    Abstract: Local music and dance literature refers to those documents whose contents are characterized by the local color of regional music and dance. A literature database of local music and dance serves as the pedestal for academic construction and research carried out in the field of local music and dance. At present, the construction of local music and da... Show More
  • Nikolay Stoykov - Suite of Three Songs Based on Folk Melodies with an Accompaniment of Percussion Instruments

    Krasimira Fileva

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5-1, October 2017
    Pages: 7-20
    Received: 27 July 2017
    Accepted: 31 July 2017
    Published: 21 August 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijla.s.2017050501.12
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Music and Dance
    Abstract: The subject of the article is "Suite of Three Songs" by Nikolay Stoykov. The three parts of the suite cycle are created on the basis of Bulgarian folk songs, distinguished by bright, memorable intonations and non-traditional structure. The folk songs are not similar, but differ significantly one from the other in terms of character and structure of... Show More
  • Perceiving Music – One of Fundamental Activities at Mass School

    Penka Pencheva Mincheva

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5-1, October 2017
    Pages: 21-28
    Received: 6 August 2017
    Accepted: 7 August 2017
    Published: 21 August 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijla.s.2017050501.13
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Music and Dance
    Abstract: The two musical activities – performing and perceiving music in the mass school – are equally important. However, while to perform music after finishing school is random, to work and create in a ‘sounding” environment is something people do all their lives. That makes the problem of perceiving music very important – what music people are taught to ... Show More
  • Intellectual Development of Students Through Music Classes in the General Secondary School

    Krasimira Georgieva Fileva-Ruseva

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5-1, October 2017
    Pages: 29-36
    Received: 8 February 2017
    Accepted: 9 February 2017
    Published: 23 August 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijla.s.2017050501.14
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Music and Dance
    Abstract: Since certain intellectual efforts are needed for the "understanding" of musical language, this creates a beneficial opportunity for the mass musical education to have a serious impact on the intellectual development of students. For revealing the capabilities of positive influence of music classes in the general secondary school, I examine the que... Show More
  • Nestinar Feast in the Village of Stomanovo, the Smolyan Region

    Krasimira Georgieva Fileva-Ruseva

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5-1, October 2017
    Pages: 37-47
    Received: 25 August 2017
    Accepted: 26 August 2017
    Published: 31 August 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijla.s.2017050501.15
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Music and Dance
    Abstract: The nestinar (fire-dancer) rituals, involving dances on embers, were practiced by the ancient Thracians. Today, they have been preserved in several Bulgarian villages in south-eastern Strandzha Mountain, as well as in the village of Stomanovo, the Rhodope Mountains, Southwestern Bulgaria. Such rituals are performed also in several villages in North... Show More