Boysun – traditional musical culture

The author would like to acknowledge the support of Mr Michael Barry Lane, Head of the UNESCO Office in Tashkent, Mr Alisher Ikramov, executive worker of the National Commission of Uzbekistan in UNESCO, Mr Erkin Boyniyazov, Mayor of Boysun District, Surkhandarya Province, Professor Akbar Khakimov, Academician of the Uzbekistan Academy of Arts and Doctor of Arts Studies, Mr Alexei Arapov, Head of a mass media group, Elmira Gul, Doctor of Art Criticism, and Mr Kliolik Khursandov, playwright and Honoured Worker of Culture of Uzbekistan, to the the Boysun research expedition and their assistance in the preparation of the present publication.