Musicology Annotation << Back The Songs of the Wedding Ceremony in the Penza Region (to the Problem of Regional Stylistics) Natalia N. Giliarova The subject of the analysis in the article is the wedding ceremony of the Penza Region and stylis-tic peculiarities of the songs. Due to the complicated history of the settlement there is a variety of wed-ding song’s forms. The most permanent feature is the rhythm of the poem. Key words: Penza Region, regional tradition, wedding ceremony, rhythmic of poem and melody. E-mail: natafolk@rambler.ru