Authorities in Russia’s republic of Chechnya have imposed limits on music
tempos to abide by
strict cultural norms in the deeply conservative Muslim-majority region.
“From now on all musical, vocal and choreographic works should correspond to a tempo of
80 to
116 beats per minute,” Chechnya’s Culture Ministry said in a statement earlier
this week.
The new tempo standard, which is relatively slow in the context of popular music, was
announced
following Chechen Culture Minister Musa Dadayev’s meeting with local state and municipal
artists.
Local artists were ordered to “rewrite” their music by June 1 to accommodate the changes.
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via themoscowtimes.com
(April 5th 2024)
