Overlapping Patterns in Antiphonic Caroling from the South of the Apuseni Mountains
Overlapping Patterns in Antiphonic Caroling from the South of the Apuseni Mountains

Summary/Abstract: As one of the most important musical genres in folklore, the traditional carol has been researched by several folklorists. Some of them - Sabin Drăgoi (1925) and Bela Bartók (1968) - also noted aspects regarding the interpretation of carols and were impressed by antiphonic caroling, in which the carols are sung in two groups. Subsequently, Ioan Bocșa (2003) made a classification according to how the groups follow each other, identifying three possible variants of overlapping. We take the research further, observing, in the southern area of the Apuseni Mountains, how the technique of alternating groups varies, what the logic of choosing the overlapping place in the structure of the carol is and how the carolers solve problems that may occur during interpretation. In practice, the overlapping place may vary during the interpretation of a single carol, depending on several aspects, but only one variant supersedes the others, thus appearing as the main place of overlapping.

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