Приноси на Райна Кацарова за изучаване на музикалния фолклор на българите от Македония
Contribution of Raina Katsarova to Studying the Music Folklore of Bulgarians in Macedonia

Summary/Abstract: In 1939 Raina Katsarova recorded 21 songs, different in theme and function, and one mourning, dedicated to a revolutionary, killed by the Turks, which is most likely unique in Bulgarian folklore as well as 33 songs and a description of folk musical instruments from settlers from the region of Skopie /18 records in all/. In 1940 she recorded 16 songs from the village of Belitsa - the region of Razlog and started her first tour in the region of Pirin, where she recorded 56 songs and dances from the region of Razlog: Yakoruda, Bansko, Dobrinishte, Pletena, Kochan and Gotse Delchev. The horo songs are accompanied by kinetic signs. In 1941 she studied mainly North­ western Macedonia - the regions of Skopie, Koumanovo, Tetovo, Kichevo, Kroushevo etc. Later she visited the regions bordering on Serbia and Albania. Over 125 songs and horo dances were decoded. Some of the horo songs were accompanied by kinetic signs. Thematically and functionally the songs are quite various. From 1950 (except 1955) Katsarova regularly went on location in the region of Pirin. In 1960 a research expedi­ tion was organized along the valley of the Mesta River - part of the regions of Blagoevgrad, Razlog and Gotse Delchev, the results of which haven’t been published yet. In Raina Katsarova’s publicistic activity the Pirin theme occupied a modest place. These were about ten synopsis papers. Four of them were devoted to the Ensemble for Folk Songs and Dances “Yane Sandanski” in Gotse Delchev. She was the first to publish an article on “Hadji Dambo is building a tower from the village of Doino Osenovo.

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