ABSTRACT This article discusses Georgian folk-fusion, which results from a synthesis of Georgian music (mostly traditional) and multiple tendencies within western, that is European and American popular music (jazz, rock, pop, electronic music etc.). Through analysis of its cultural-historical background and the motivation of Georgian folk-fusion musicians, I explore how national identity is revealed in Georgian folk-fusion musical production and how clear or covert, conscious or unconscious, the process is. Through a consideration of the musical backgrounds and interests of contemporary multicultural Georgians, I draw the conclusion that folk-fusion music, representing a synthesis of traditionalism and cosmopolitanism, may well provide the most representative musical expression of contemporary Georgian identity.

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当传统与现代相遇时–格鲁吉亚民间融合音乐

摘要本文讨论了格鲁吉亚的民间融合，它是由格鲁吉亚音乐（主要是传统音乐）和西方（即欧美流行音乐）（爵士，摇滚，流行，电子音乐等）内部的多种倾向综合而成的。通过分析其文化历史背景和格鲁吉亚民间融合音乐人的动机，我探索了在格鲁吉亚民间融合音乐作品中如何彰显民族身份，以及这一过程有多清晰或隐蔽，有意识或无意识。通过考虑当代多元文化格鲁吉亚人的音乐背景和兴趣，我得出的结论是，代表传统主义和世界主义的综合的民间融合音乐很可能会提供当代格鲁吉亚身份的最具代表性的音乐表达。