Do badań nad wariabilnością ludowych pieśni religijnych w Polsce
Research on the Variabililty in Religious Folk Songs in Poland

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the variability in religious folk songs in Poland. The author examines concepts related to variability in folklorism, linguistics and ethnomusicology and gives an overview of pioneering ethnomusicological works, referring to such researchers as Adolf Chybiński, Julian Pulikowski and Jan Stęszewski. They recognised the need to juxtapose variants and noted many determinants, e.g. the regional factor. This variability in religious folk songs is described on the basis of the findings by Fr. Bolesław Bartkowski, Antoni Zoła and the works of the Musicology Institute at the Catholic University of Lublin. As a result, many areas of research have been identified, taking into account the presence of the religious repertoire in both the living tradition and printed sources. Researchers agree that there are limited opportunities for musical variability but have suggested looking for its causes and regularities. Nowadays, it is necessary to analyse the transformations in the religious repertoire due to the dynamic changes in its functioning.

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