Делото на Иван Качулев - тема с продължение
The Work of Ivan Kachulev - A Topic to be Continued

Summary/Abstract: The present text focuses on the significance of the works of Ivan Kachulev for the development of contemporary Bulgarian ethnoorganology. The subject of discussion are the changes witnessed nowadays in this sphere, compared to what it was in the 50s and 60s of the XX c. Ivan Kachulev’s studies are presented as a fundamental information resource in teaching music folklore at the State Music Academy and the basis for further scientific research. Special attention in the report is paid to Kachulev’s study “Svirkarstvoto v selo Shipka” (The restoration of the svirki in Shipka village). Some empirical facts in it are interpreted, seeking their contemporary dimensions with reference to an interview with the last craftsman of pipes in the village of Shipka Pencho Neshev, done by the author in 1998. Simultaneously, some field research was made in the period 1997–2001, serving the interpretation of the relations between the researcher and the respondent, taking into account both the attitude of Ivan Kachulev to the informers and some aspects of the contemporary field situation. In treating the significance of Ivan Kachulev’s works in the context of contemporary ethnoorganologic research, the article put the focal point to the contemporary resounding of his works and the successiveness of his scientific research.

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