Slovenska etnomuzikologija v letih 1848-1941
Ethnomusicology in Slovenia from 1848 to 1941

Summary/Abstract: Ethnomusicology is a special discipline closely related to musicology and ethnology. There has always been a split, sometimes even misunderstanding, between historians of music and ethnomusicologists. In Slovenia, the interest in recording folk music grew strong in the second half of the 19th century, and the collections by Vraz, Ziljski, Štrekelj, Kocijančič, Murko, and others, resulted. In the first half of the 20th century, the most distinguished person in the field was France Marolt. The author analyses in more detail works of M. Bajuk and R. Hrovatin. Early ethnomusicological studies were based on the material collected mostly by amateurs (travelers, priests, teachers, Slavists, organists etc.) who did not have adequate training, sensibility, nor technical means for recording subtleties of folk music performance. The research into instrumental folk music did not start in Slovenia before World War II. It still remains a major task of Slovene ethnomusicologists.

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