Między starą a nową ojczyzną – muzyczna aktywność cymbalistów na Dolnym Śląsku w latach 50. XX wieku
Between the Old and the New Homeland: Dulcimer Players Musical Activity in Lower Silesia in the 1950s

Summary/Abstract: In this article, I would like to describe the musical activity of the dulcimer players who moved to Lower Silesia after World War II as a result of being expelled from the pre-war Polish eastern borderlands: the Vilnius region and East Galicia. Being new settlers in the so called Recovered Territories, surrounded by people who came both from their native and other regions, dulcimer players tried to continue their musical activity. I examine their different ways of adapting to a new situation and new place of residence, by building new dulcimers, joining interregional folk bands, attempting individual music-making based on the performance of dance music from their own region, or establishing an ensemble consisting of high school students. In my article, I draw on examples from archival recordings from the 1950s made by Józef Majchrzak (1909-1985), the Polish folklorist, musicologist and radio editor who worked for Polish Radio Wrocław.

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