Фолклорно пеене в културен контекст
Folk Singing in Cultural Context

Summary/Abstract: The publication is based on the understanding that the pre-modern common-village tradition dictates singing in specific living contexts. Cultural contexts are specific performance frames in which the folk singing fits as an integrating element of the culture. The text presents field ethnomusicologic material from the Midwest and Southwest Bulgaria related to cultural contexts of folk singing, recorded by the author in the period 1983 – 2013. To organize the many pieces of information the data from different sources is combined to build a comprehensive picture of the performance contexts of pre-modern folk singing. The included parts of the field interviews provide empirical material organized according to the established classification of performance contexts of folk singing, which was systematized and initially presented in Bulgaria by Vassil Stoin. The proposed conceptual framework, in which speakers about the communicative situations of folk singing are also its bearers, is a good basis for systematic holistic analysis of folk singing in its performance contexts. In the so presented conceptual frame the text places extracts from field material of original sources, which gives a truthful picture of music in the life of examined local communities. The publication stays away from interpretative analyses of the singers’ discourses about folk singing.

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