Properties of the Traditional Musical Culture of the Polish Minority in the Grodno Region Cover Image

Niektóre aspekty tradycyjnej kultury muzycznej mniejszości polskiej na Grodzieńszczyźnie
Properties of the Traditional Musical Culture of the Polish Minority in the Grodno Region

Author(s): Anastasiya Niakrasava
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
Keywords: Polish Minority; Grodno region; Belarus; songs; folklore

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the issues of the traditional musical culture of Poles living in the western part of the Republic of Belarus, in Grodno region. Based on the analysis of the repertoire recorded during her own field research, the author distinguishes the most important of her musical characteristics. The musical culture of the studied community is captured from the perspective of the remembered repertoire and currently practiced. Part of the traditional repertoire with its depositaries goes to the world of the past, while the surrounding reality determines thefunctioning of the musical culture and the forms of its presentation.

  • Issue Year: 57/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 129-146
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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