Musicology Annotation << Back Differentiation of Genres in Tatar Folklore: Lullaby and Comfort Song Yunusova Gyzel F. The article considers the connections of the Tatar lullaby with one of the samples of children’s folklore. For this purpose, a consolation song was chosen. n the publications of philologists, it is included in the composition of the lullaby. In this work, for the first time, she became an object of study in Tatar folklore. The analysis of the features of the verbal and musical text of both genres is carried out. Attention was drawn to rhythmic organization and types of intonation. The specificity and commonality of these components are revealed. he connection with some secular and confessional rites, other genres of folklore of adults and children is noted. As a result, the consolation song is singled out as an independent genre of children’s folklore. Its designation in Tatar and Russian is proposed. The analysis was carried out mainly on the materials of the author’s field expeditions. Most of them are published and introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. Keywords: lullaby, consolation song, children’s folklore, genre identification, lamentation, ritual food. DOI: 10.25791/musicology.10.2023.1342 Pp. 21-31.