Music of the City or Music in the City? Folklore and Ethnic Music on the Streets of Wrocław and Poznań Cover Image

Muzyka miasta czy muzyka w mieście? Folklor i muzyka etniczna na ulicach Wrocławia i Poznania
Music of the City or Music in the City? Folklore and Ethnic Music on the Streets of Wrocław and Poznań

Author(s): Ewelina Grygier
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Music, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Instytut Kulturoznawstwa, Pracownia Badań Pejzażu Dźwiękowego

Summary/Abstract: The article inquires about the musical urban folklore in the repertoire of to¬day’s street musicians in Wrocław and Poznań (Poland). Considering the lack of literature on urban folklore in the discussed cities, the author utilizes primarily self-produced sources. The material gathered during fieldwork in both cities (participant observation, data collection, interviews, photographs and recordings) is subsequently analyzed. To obtain a broader context, the article contains additional information about the folklore of Lviv (presentation based on literary works), Warsaw and Vienna (ethnographic fieldwork data). The article contains quotes from interviews with buskers.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 20-41
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish