Význam regionálnej muzikológie pre rozvoj muzikologického bádania na Slovensku. Ad honorem František Matúš
The Significance of Regional Musicology to the Development of Musicological Research in Slovakia. Ad Honorem František Matúš

Summary/Abstract: Doc. PhDr. František Matúš, CSc. (1936 – 2023) worked as a senior lecturer in the field of music education at the University of Prešov. He specialized in musica historiography and ethnomusicology and, at the same time, he was actively engaged in the regional musical life of Prešov as a publicist and publisher of sheet music and musical editions. In his regional musicological research focusing on the historical regions of Spiš and Šariš he dealt with 1) outstanding personalities linked to the region (Béla Kéler, Samuel Marckfelner, Zachariáš Zarevúcky, Leonard Stöckel, Anton Cíger, Mikuláš Moyzes), 2) folk musical instruments (gajdica) and 3) the repertoire of unique regional performers of folk songs (Monika Kandráčová). František Matúš is the author of several monographs (S hudbou v srdci Tatier [Musical Inspirations in the Heart of the High Tatras], 1996), dozens of scientific studies and articles; he is also the recipient of several awards (Pavel Tonkovič Award, 1993; Prešov City Award, 1996; Memorial Medal of the Rector of the Prešov University in Prešov, 2017).

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