Overview of musical traditions of the Belarusian people
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Soviet postage stamp depicting traditional musical instruments of Belarus
Belarus is an Eastern European country with a rich tradition of folk and religious music[1]. The country's folk music traditions can be traced back to the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The country's musical traditions spread with its people to countries like Russia, Canada, United States, Kazakhstan and Latvia. The people of Belarus were exposed mostly to Russian pop music during this period and also after independence in 1991. In 2002, however, President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a decree requiring 50% of all FM broadcast music to be Belarusian in origin, and since 1 January 2005 the rule has been even stricter (75% of music broadcast each day must be Belarusian). However, it does not regulate the language of the songs, so most[citation needed] of the music which is broadcast is still in Russian.
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Documentation of its music stretches back to at least the 15th century. Prior to that, skomorokhs were the major profession for musicians. A neumatic chant, called znamenny, from the word 'znamia', meaning sign or neume, used until the 16th century in Orthodox church music, followed by two hundreds of stylistic innovation that drew on the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation. In the 17th century, Partesnoe penie, part singing, became common for choruses, followed by private theaters established in cities like Minsk and Vitebsk.
^Pichura, G (1966). "The Origins of Renaissance Polyphony in Byelorussian Greek-Rite Liturgical Chant". Journal of Belarusian Studies. I (II): 92–102. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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