"Barbora umarła…", czyli o zabytkach folkloru hutniczego w archiwaliach Adolfa Dygacza
The author presents the research of Professor Adolf Dygacz into the musical culture of glassworks workers. It primarily consists of the songs of foundry workers, their musical and content analysis, customs and vocabulary. The text comprises the description of glass musical instruments considered as a collection of glassworks products, and the examples of musical note manuscripts of Dygacz. The author denotes that up to now the foundry folklore has not lived to see its own popularization and scientific monographic study. The sources of the rich collections of the songs and customs of glassworks, numerous materials from field studies are still kept in the home archives of the Professor.
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