Olici hrvatske etnomuzikološke djelatnosti od 1848-1945 (orijentacijski uvidi - koreferat)
Forms of Ethnomusicological Activity in Croatia from 1848-1945

Summary/Abstract: In that period, the basic forms of ethnomusicological activity were: collecting data, their publishing, their scientific analysis and discussions of certain theoretical questions. The published material consisted of: direct registration of music phenomena; arrangements for chorus performances; and single-voice recordings with piano accompaniment. (Folk instruments and instrumental music are subjects of another paper prepared for this conference.) Following individual research efforts, more systematically organized fieldwork was carried out in the 1920’s and 1930’s by the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb, as well as by activists of Hrvatska seljačka sloga in connection with folklore festivals. Illustrating theoretical issues of the time, the author presents researchers' views of the subject of ethnomusicological research. It is pointed out that F. S. Kuhač included urban folk songs among folk music as early as 1890’s. Among the theoretical problems, the ethnomusicologists of that period paid most attention to the question of tonal relations, especially to the so-called Istrian scale.

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