Какво ни казват ранните звукови регистрации на ритуална музика от България (звукови образи на българската сватба от първата половина на ХХ век)
What Do Early Sound Recordings of Ritual Music from Bulgaria Tell Us? (Sound Images of the Bulgarian Wedding

Summary/Abstract: The article describes and analyzes the sound images of the traditional wedding of Bulgarians, outlined by recordings of folk music related to the ritual of the wedding on commercial gramophone records, recorded and circulated in the first half of the 20th century. 44 sound recordings on shellac records, issued in the period 1909 – 1952, which are kept in the Archives of the Institute of Art studies, BAs and in private collections. Compared to early records made for scholarly purposes, commercial gramophone records record a much more limited wedding repertoire: examples of the traditional uninstrumental female group singing accompanying the elaborate wedding rite are absent; recorded wedding songs are much less in quantity compared to recorded instrumental music. Among the performers of the recorded wedding music stand out the professional, inter-village musicians, often gypsies, virtuoso soloists, mostly clarinet players and leaders of “folk orchestras” / narodni orkestri. Despite the limited repertoire, modernized and commercialized images of the musical tradition, sound recordings on commercial gramophone records of music related to the wedding ceremony are no less important and valuable to the researcher than sound recordings made for scientific purposes, because they represent what was popular at the time of recording.

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