Folk song as a system-forming structure of Russian music culture

Abstract

The article examines Russian folk songwriting as a factor that determines the ideological and expressive features of Russian musical culture, and as a way of forming a system of moral and aesthetic values of an individual, satisfying his spiritual and emotional needs. Exploring the dynamics of the development of a folk song in the context of the formation of modern society, the author points to the multivariance of its transformations in professional art, defines as a source of an intonation thesaurus, the foundations of performing practices adapted to the perception of a city listener.
The authors come to the conclusion that it is impossible and futile to resist the changes in Russian folk song in order to reserve its authentic appearance in modern society, however, they consider it important to preserve the folk song as a cultural memory, source and basis of meanings and images of national culture.