: This article describes the stages of formation and development of folk music. The importance of folklore in the art of music, the period of development of folklore studies, the collection of musical knowledge and musical creativity in the musical life of our republic, that is, the first stages of composition, the traditions of status performance, the foundation of the first music schools, the application of musicological sciences, the first musical publications and the importance of folk music of the past period in today's music culture.
The materials of professor Ravshan Yunusov, an honored artist of Uzbekistan, were used to prepare the text of the lecture..
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