In search of musical folklore, in the Land of Neamț
In search of musical folklore, in the Land of Neamț

Summary/Abstract: Located in the central-eastern part of Romania, the Neamț Region - "an inexhaustible treasure of folk songs" - about which the ethnomusicologist Gavriil Galinescu wrote decades ago - aroused the interest of folklore lovers since the middle of the last century, when the first recordings were made of folkloric productions. Some of these creations, preserved for a long time at the Folklore Archive of Moldova and Bucovina, were valorised by several ethnomusicologists, teachers or simple people interested in folklore. The research strategy that I applied in the collection campaign from the period of my doctoral studies aimed at expanding the collections published until 2019, towards localities in the county which did not come to the attention of researchers, but also at the reconstruction of the collection routes from previous campaigns. The result of the undertaken ethnomusicological research certifies the fact that in Neamț, certain folk music genres have been passed on to younger generations.

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