Direction of the bachelor’s degree of the department of
- 5150200 – Art history: musicology
Specialty of the master’s degree of the department of
- 5A150200 – Musical art.
Subjects of the department
For bachelors:
- Basics of makoms
- History of Uzbek music
- Basics of Uzbek traditional music
- Introduction to art history
- History of the music of the peoples of the East
- Folk musical creativity
- Persian language
- Arabic language
- Music notation of folk music
- Basics of ethnomusicology
- Fundamentals of source studies
- Folklore practice
- Art history (musicology).
For the specialty of magistracy:
- Musical culture of Uzbekistan
- Musical art
- Source studies
- Music notation of folk music
- Foreign language (Arabic)
- Makoms of the peoples of the East
Cooperational agreements:
- Union of Composers of Uzbekistan
- Research Institute of Art History
- TV and Radio Company of Uzbekistan
- Academic Lyceums and Colleges of Music and Arts
- Tashkent state Institute of Oriental Studies
The Department of “Musical Oriental Studies” was founded in 1972. The department was headed by Doctor of Arts, Professor Faizulla Karamatov. Since the founding of the department, the main tasks have been the following: preservation and development of traditional music, mastering the skills of traditional singing and instrumental performance, training oriental musicians fluent in oriental languages.
The establishment of folk music classroom has significantly improved the quality of education. Doctor of Arts, professor I. Rajabov, professor A. Jabbarov, F. Sadikov, R. Rajabi, T. Inogomov, M. Mukhammedov, S. Tahalov, O. Alimakhsumov, Z. Oripov, Z. Nasullaev, K. Avasenov, young teachers O. Matyakubov, R. Abdullaev were invited for conducting lessons. A little later, R. Yunusov, A. Khoshimov, A. Nazarov, O. Ibragimov, S. Begmatov began their teaching activities.
Doctors of Art R. Abdullaev, A. Khoshimov, Sh.Gullyev (Turkmenistan), A. Nizomov (Tajikistan), A. Nazarov, O. Ibragimov, F. Aziziy (Taljikistan), Dilorom Karomatli; Candidates of art history: O. Matyakubov, A. Zhumaev, R. Yunusov, Angelika Jung (Germany), O. Malkeyeva (Kazakhstan), Salohiddin Muhammad (Sudan), Nabil Hasan (Jordan), S. Begmatov, I. Ganieva, Sh. Aykhodzhaeva studied at the department and received academic degrees.
In recent years, professors and teachers of the department have published more than ten textbooks, tutorials and teaching aids.