The Dominant Currents in the Research of Music in Serbia: An Overview of the Institute of Musicology SAS’s Early History (1947–1965)
The Dominant Currents in the Research of Music in Serbia: An Overview of the Institute of Musicology SAS’s Early History (1947–1965)
Author(s): Ivana Vesić, Danka Lajić MihajlovićSubject(s): Music, Higher Education , History of Education, Sociology of Art
Published by: Muzikološki institut SANU
Keywords: Institute of Musicology SAS(A); history of music research; musicology; ethnomusicology; Serbia; Yugoslavia;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is dedicated to the investigation of the initial period of the Institute of Musicology SAS, the first scientific institution of this kind in Serbia (and Yugoslavia), in order to give an insight into the development of national musicology and ethnomusicology. The results of earlier research about the topic have been expanded by means of the analysis of documents from the archive of the Institute of Musicology SASA. The organization of the Institute’s functioning, general research orientation, key topics, methodological choices and the significance of individual researchers were considered in detail. This diachronically oriented overview of research into music throughout the 20th century enabled us to pointing out the continuities and innovations after World War II and the Institute’s foundation.
Journal: Muzikologija
- Issue Year: 2/2018
- Issue No: 25
- Page Range: 49-76
- Page Count: 28
- Language: English