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"Our Song!" Nationalism in Folk Music Research and Revival in Socialist Czechoslovakia

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    SYSNO ASEP0469743
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    Title"Our Song!" Nationalism in Folk Music Research and Revival in Socialist Czechoslovakia
    Author(s) Kratochvíl, Matěj (UEF-S)
    Number of authors1
    Source TitleStudia Musicologica - ISSN 1788-6244
    Roč. 56, č. 4 (2015), s. 397-405
    Number of pages9 s.
    Publication formPrint - P
    Languageeng - English
    CountryHU - Hungary
    KeywordsCzechoslovakia ; folk music ; folk song collections ; revival ; politics ; nationalism ; communism
    Subject RIVAC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology
    OECD categoryAntropology, ethnology
    Institutional supportUEF-S - RVO:68378076
    UT WOS000392639600007
    EID SCOPUS85019215953
    DOI https://doi.org/10.1556/6.2015.56.4.7
    AnnotationIn the Czechoslovakia of the 1950s, traditional folk music was officially presented as the most important resource of national musical identity. Folk- or folkinspired music was ubiquitous. Although this intensity had subsided in the following decades, the role of folk music as a symbol of national identity remained strong until the end of the communist rule in 1989. While the ideology of nationalism used folk music as its tool, it also influenced the way this music was collected, researched, and presented. The article presents examples from two closely related areas to document this phenomenon: folk music research and folk music revival. A closer look reveals how the idea of state-promoted nationalism influenced the ways researchers presented their findings, how they filtered out material that was deemed unsuitable for publication, and how traditional music was revived on stage or in media by folk music and dance ensembles. Critical analysis of research materials and audiovisual documents from the 1950s and 1960s will show how censorship accompanied a folk song from its collection in the field, through publication, to a stylized production on stage or in film.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Ethnology
    ContactVeronika Novotná, novotna@eu.cas.cz, Tel.: 532 290 277
    Year of Publishing2017
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