Musicology Annotation << Back The new word in Adyghe ethnomusicology (Review on the book «Circassian (Adyghe) music folklore: instrumental music») Farizat H. Gulieva (Zanukoeva) The submitted review is devoted to the collection «Musical folklore of Circassians (Adyghe): instrumental music», left in Nalchik in 2015. Are presented the most important genres of instrumental music of Circassians (Adyghe) among which in the edition: udzh, kafa, zafak, zygatlyat, islamey. Musical material of the collection is organized on musical instruments (in particular: aerophones, hordophones, idiophones, membranophones), ensemble fullness, regional and individual styles. In introductory article A.V. Gucheva – the author, the editor-in-chief, the author not only introductory article, but also comments of the edition – traces a way of emergence and development of the Adyghe ethnomusicology, the review of the main works in this area is given, the career of Vladimir H. Baragunov is lit, specifi cs of work on the considered edition reveal. Keywords: musical folklore of Circassians (Adyghe), etnomuzykologiya, instrumental music, folk music. Contacts: E-mail: gfariza37@mail.ru Pp. 47-49.