Ромско участие в продуцирането на локална популярна музика в България днес: етномузикологичният подход
Roma Participation in Producing Local Popular Music in Bulgaria Today: ethnomusicological approach

Summary/Abstract: The Roma musical practice in Bulgaria is in most cases craft activity for the production of a specific type of cultural-amusement service. The population of the country uses it most frequently in the sphere of everyday and partly in the ritual festivity. In works of Bulgarian ethnomusicology there is information about the activities of Roma musicians in Bulgaria during the 19th century. During the 1990’s there is a boom in the so called ethnopop music. The Roma participation in it is prominent. At the level of metrorhythmics this occurs through the predominance of the dance scheme of kyuchek, while at the level of the musical performance - through the personal presence of Gipsy singers (men and women), instrumentalists , orchestras, leaders, authors of music and texts, arrangers. The participation is shown off in a demonstrative way as Romaa manifestation of the rising cultural self-awareness of the Gypsy population of the country during the period of change, as well as successful market dimensions of the ethnopop activity. Survey results show, however, that the Roma participation in producing local popular music does not meet only positive attitude on behalf of the audience in Bulgaria - the cultural approachment between the basic population and the Roma minority proceeds with difficulties.

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