Райна Кацарова и преодоляването на етноцентризма
Raina Katsarova and the Overcoming of Ethnocentrism

Summary/Abstract: Raina Katsarova remained part of the ethnocentric orientation but spontaneously she began to destroy its pattern from inside. As a program she defended the view of the unity, stability and authenticity of our folklore, but as a conscientious researcher and European scholar, adherent to comparative musicology, she did not let out of her sight the manifestations of other music folklore traditions, she studied the mutual influences and loans, she considered the musical traditions of hers and other peoples equally worthy of attention. She was one of the first who paid attention to the role of the Roma musicians (gypsies) in the town musical culture and the chalga tradition from the period of the National Revival in her study “Features of Music Life in Koprivshtitsa” ( 1938). Being ahead of the theoreticians and practitioners of World Music Today, Raina Katsarova introduced into Bulgarian scientific and public space some measurements of the interethnical, intercultural dialogue.

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