Music of Ossetia

Ossetia is a region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The folk music of Ossetia (Iron Ossetic: Ирыстоны музыкæ/Irystony musykæ) began to be collected and recorded in the late 19th and early 20th century. After the Revolution of 1917, professional music appeared in Ossetia and in the following decades, a number of symphonies, ballets, operas and other institutions were formed. There is an Ossetian State Philharmonic.