Интернет портрет на Иван Качулев
Internet Portrait of Ivan Kachulev

Summary/Abstract: What is the folklorist Ivan Kachulev presented by in the multimedia database about Bulgarian folklore music on the Internet, created and updated by the Institute of Art Studies to BAS? What one can learn about him through that part of the material he collected? These are some of the questions that this research is trying to answer. The variety of archive materials, recorded by Ivan Kachulev and represented in the above mentioned database, gives a deep opportunity for scientific research of songs and instrumental tunes in the context of their functioning. Simultaneously with that, these help reconstructing the portrait of this Bulgarian folklorist on the basis of the earliest recordings included in the archives, dated from 1946– 1950. These recordings show us a professional working with precision characteristic of not only of the studied models in the database. Carefully drawn field materials are conveniently prepared for self-use, but also for the use of other researchers. A fact that is worth mentioning is the attention Ivan Kachulev paid to details in notograms and decipherings. He noted down the variants of the melodic line in accordance with the texts, he sought to document the lyrical or the melodic-rhythmical equivalence of the songs and that is why creates possibilities for a comparative analysis. This folklorist spares a very important role to field notes. Through them, he extends the notion of the history and functioning of the music artefact, creating prerequisites for a cultural perusal. The majority of the models are of songs, only four of them being of instrumental melodies. Such a proportion shows the real ratio between vocal and instrumental unites in the music and lyrics archives of the Institute of Art Studies at BAS belonging to the discussed period. If we judge by the intensity of the recorded instrumental tunes, or their representation in the archives, we would realize that the folklorist activates their documentation in the period 1956–1966. The portrait of Ivan Kachulev, drawn out of the Internet information, though fragmentary, represents essential features of his manner of work, interests and fulfilled abilities on the field.

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