Polish Folk Music: Slavonic Heritage - Polish Tradition - Contemporary Trends

Polish Folk Music: Slavonic Heritage - Polish Tradition - Contemporary Trends
ISBN-10
0521300908
ISBN-13
9780521300902
Category
Music
Pages
250
Language
English
Published
1990-07-19
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Anna Czekanowska

Description

This study of Polish folk music is especially enlightening as it reveals both the history and practice of a musical tradition and offers an illuminating view of a culture and its social activities. Within her study, Anna Czekanowska analyses the vocal and instrumental traditions of Polish folk music, tracing the background history, the influences of geography and politics, and the practice, often within contemporary society, of such social events as the harvest, the solstice and weddings. The function of folk culture within contemporary life, for both Polish and non-Polish inhabitants of the country, is also examined. Professor Czekanowska also discusses the birth of Polish ethno- musicology as a discipline and details some methodological aspects for research. This study contributes to a greater understanding and appreciation of Polish music and, in a wider aspect, of Slavonic culture. The book contains numerous illustrations of instruments and cultural events, music examples, maps, a discography and bibliography.

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