Presentation was focused on dirges (mrtveče pesmi)–songs sung in specific parts of the ritual connected with death and funeral; some of these songs were published in songbooks, but some examples were also sound recorded and are preserved at the Institute of Ethnomusicology ZRC SAZU. The interdisciplinary research of dirges was presented by four institute researchers (Urša Šivic, Rebeka, Kunej, Drago Kunej, Marjeta Pisk): 1. the context of dirges in the funeral ritual; 2. songbooks from Prekmurje and Porabje containing dirges; 3. sound recordings preserved in the archive of the Institute and the restoration methodology; 4. the music structure of dirges and the influences of different music traditions.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 42897709During the research project, the need for a thematic publication was shown; it will be realized as a special issue of the international scientific journal Traditiones (48/2). The thematic journal is dedicated to the research of the intertwinement of the religious and rituals with folk music traditions. Most articles are closely related to the project theme, discussing funereal songs and dirges within their context and music and rituals and customs accompanying death and funerals. Authors are from various branches of science (ethnomusicology, musicology, folkloristics, ethnology, anthropology, linguistic and others). Editorial work has been taken over by the GNI ZRC SAZU, guest editors of the thematic number are Drago Kunej and Urša Šivic.
C.05 Editorial board of a national magazine
The paper searched for different understandings of identity and otherness among the Slovenians in Prekmurje and in Rába Valley and their influence on folk songs and folk song collecting in different periods. The research provided the insight in the influence of different state politics through different periods, in the perception of dialect and Slovenian official language in the Catholic and Protestant side, in the role of Catholic priests and Lutheran pastors in shaping and reflecting national identity and in the struggle of individuals to express nationalism. With this insight the paper tried to answer the question who was the Other in different periods, which otherness was considered to be the most influential and in what way did the prominent individuals contribute to the search of identity in folk songs.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 42897453The article discusses various problems in interpretation of historical audio material. Attention is drawn to the fact that the evaluation of historical recordings requires interconnection and cooperation at various levels – that is, between various experts (such as ethnomusicologists, technicians, archivists, historians, and so on), between audio archives and the local communities in which the recordings were made (to obtain metadata in content, history, and other areas), and between various audio archives (exchange of knowledge, experience, and technology). This is characteristic also for the early sound recordings from Prekmurje and Rába Valley.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
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