‘DOUBLE IDENTITY’ OF CONTEMPORARY GYPSY MUSICIANS IN EASTERN EUROPE OR WHY “THE ROMA [STILL] WISH TO BE HEARD”
‘DOUBLE IDENTITY’ OF CONTEMPORARY GYPSY MUSICIANS IN EASTERN EUROPE OR WHY “THE ROMA [STILL] WISH TO BE HEARD”

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I am dealing with the issue of ‘double identity’ of Gypsy musicians – their concurrent identification as Gypsies and as musicians.2 I claim that this ‘double identity’ enables them playing music of specific traits, music that is referred to as ‘Gypsy music’ or alternatively as music performed in a Gypsy style. It can be claimed that music not only serves as a means of expressing this ’double identity’ of Gypsy musicians, but is – in fact – a reflection of this specific duality.

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