Материали на Иван Качулев в Музикалнофолклорния архив на Института за изкуствознание – БАН
The Materials of Ivan Kachulev in the Musical-Folklore Archives of the Institute of Art Studies – BAS

Summary/Abstract: This text introduces an exhibit that was prepared as part of the Jubilee Academic Session dedicated to Ivan Kachulev (which took place on February 16, 2006). In the appendices are shown: a reference guide of existing archive materials (appendix 1); a list of archival materials published by Ivan Kachulev himself (appendix 2); a list of villages and regions in which Ivan Kachulev recorded musical folklore (appendix 3); the migration of populations reflected in his work (appendix 4); a list of his field expeditions, organized by year (appendix 5); a catalogue of Ivan Kachulev’s archival materials, organized by village (appendix 6); an inventory of Ivan Kachulev’s field notes (appendix 7). Kachulev’s archival materials are presented in the form of copies of manuscripts organized under nine different headings, which reveal not only his fieldwork methodology, but also his subsequent processing of the musical examples and their accompanying notes. Thus, for example, one can trace the path of a field musical transcription and the solidification of the text in the field notebook through its various re-transcriptions until it reaches its single “official” archival form: a musical notation with a typed text. Some of Ivan Kachulev’s fieldwork treasures are presented, including different variants of one and the same song, as well as examples of sung folklore from Bulgarian immigrants from Banat and Asia Minor. Additionally, there are numerous instrumental melodies and their accompanying notes, which include information about informants, master instrument makers, drawings and diagrams, as well as field reports.

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