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Formal or Informal? Folk Music, Folklore Revival and Music Education
Authors: Kratochvíl, Matěj
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Folklore revival movement of the second half of the 20th century in shifting cultural, social and political contexts, Prague (CZ), 20171018
Year: 2018
Language: eng
Abstract: Traditional folk music in the Czech Republic was usually connected with an informal way of knowledge transfer from generation to generation. Personal contacts with experienced musicians played an important role in transmission of repertoire, style, and skills to younger ones. During the 20th century and especially in its second half, with the development of the revival movement, this system changed. While some of its aspects have remained, the transmission process was strongly influenced by a formalized and institutionalized system of public music education. Music education both in grammar schools and in the network of so called “Basic schools of arts” (Základní umělecké školy), where children learn music as a hobby, has had an impact on the way traditional music is taught today. These changes include the emphasis on different aspects of musicianship, drawing inspiration from other genres of music, and a different way of organizing ensembles including a higher representation of girls in them. In my text, I am presenting findings from my own experience as well as from interviews with musicians from several generations. I am trying to demonstrate how their particular experience with learning and teaching traditional folk music has informed their approach to the way they perform, listen to and think about music.
Keywords: Czech Republic; folk song collections; improvisation; music education; traditional music
Project no.: GA17-26672S (CEP)
Funding provider: GA ČR
Host item entry: Folklore Revival Movements in Europe post 1950. Shifting Contexts and Perspectives, ISBN 978-80-88081-22-7
Institution: Institute of Ethnology AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0304984
Permalink: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-409353
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Authors: Kratochvíl, Matěj
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Folklore revival movement of the second half of the 20th century in shifting cultural, social and political contexts, Prague (CZ), 20171018
Year: 2018
Language: eng
Abstract: Traditional folk music in the Czech Republic was usually connected with an informal way of knowledge transfer from generation to generation. Personal contacts with experienced musicians played an important role in transmission of repertoire, style, and skills to younger ones. During the 20th century and especially in its second half, with the development of the revival movement, this system changed. While some of its aspects have remained, the transmission process was strongly influenced by a formalized and institutionalized system of public music education. Music education both in grammar schools and in the network of so called “Basic schools of arts” (Základní umělecké školy), where children learn music as a hobby, has had an impact on the way traditional music is taught today. These changes include the emphasis on different aspects of musicianship, drawing inspiration from other genres of music, and a different way of organizing ensembles including a higher representation of girls in them. In my text, I am presenting findings from my own experience as well as from interviews with musicians from several generations. I am trying to demonstrate how their particular experience with learning and teaching traditional folk music has informed their approach to the way they perform, listen to and think about music.
Keywords: Czech Republic; folk song collections; improvisation; music education; traditional music
Project no.: GA17-26672S (CEP)
Funding provider: GA ČR
Host item entry: Folklore Revival Movements in Europe post 1950. Shifting Contexts and Perspectives, ISBN 978-80-88081-22-7
Institution: Institute of Ethnology AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0304984
Permalink: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-409353
The record appears in these collections:
Research > Institutes ASCR > Institute of Ethnology
Conference materials > Papers
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