“Play What I Sing”: Economic Potential of the Bearers of Music Tradition in the Cultural Memory of the Czech Lands

0552453 - EÚ 2022 RIV CZ eng C - Konferenční příspěvek (zahraniční konf.)
Uhlíková, Lucie - Pavlicová, M.
“Play What I Sing”: Economic Potential of the Bearers of Music Tradition in the Cultural Memory of the Czech Lands.
Od folkloru k world music: Hudba a kapitál. Náměšť nad Oslavou: Městské kulturní středisko v Náměšti nad Oslavou, 2021 - (Přibylová, I.; Uhlíková, L.), s. 30-45. ISBN 978-80-907033-5-3. ISSN 2336-565X.
[Od folkloru k world music: Hudba a kapitál. Náměšť nad Oslavou (CZ), 27.07.2021-28.07.2021]
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378076
Klíčová slova: folk music and dance * transforamtion of tradition * cultural capital * social capital
Obor OECD: Folklore studies
https://www.folkoveprazdniny.cz/kolokvium-2021-hudba-a-kapital

The economic conditions of folk musicians or their remuneration have been mentioned rather inconsistently in sources and literature of the Czech lands. The participation of musicians in ceremonies, traditions and customs of the calendar, or family occasions was one of their natural activities in rural communities. There are relatively frequent references to paying for a song (which involved leading the singing) and playing according to a demonstrated song, which was widespread in the context of folk dances. Musicians played not only for money, but also for food, drink, or special benefits in kind. For itinerant musicians and singers, musical performances were a major source of their livelihood. Many outstanding rural musicians also earned a living by teaching various instruments. From the end of the 19th century, folk musicians and dancers found more occasions to present themselves to the public, which increased an interest in the financial issue of their production. With the coming of brass music bands and other novelty groups, older traditional rural music groups lost not only their cultural capital, but their economic capital as well. Gradually, however, the emerging folklore movement strengthened the position of folk musicians, including their financial rewards. The question of the remuneration of folk musicians has resonated in cultural memory, thus adding to the unbiased image of traditional folk culture.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0328377