Folk songs and instrumental melodies collected by S. Rybakov in Orenburg Region ethnological expeditions during 1892-1896 from Ural muslim ethnicities and ethnosocial groups (principally tatars and bashkirs); includes extensive ethnological essays on the subject, commentaries on music, and biographies of folk singers and musicians.

At head of title: Rossiĭskai͡a akademii͡a nauk. Ufimskiĭ nauchnyĭ t͡sentr. Institut istorii, i͡azyka i literatury.

Maps on lining papers.

"Pechataetsi͡a po izdanii͡u: Rybakov S.G. Muzyka i pesni uralʹskikh musulʹman s ocherkom ikh byta. SPb., 1897. S izmenenii͡ami i dopolnenii͡ami"--Title page.

"Nauchnoe izdanie"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-253).

In Russian; song lyrics in Tatar and Bashkir.

Stuff notation.