<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Henryk Oskar Kolberg (1814–1890), a musician, composer,
the greatest Polish ethnographer and one of the fathers of European
ethnomusicology, collected over 20,000 folk songs, dances, and
instrumental melodies from the territory of today’s Poland, Belarus,
Ukraine and other Slavic countries. The musical culture of the Hutsuls
was an object of Oskar Kolberg’s interest in the late 1870s and early
1880s. The research material related to this region was collected
by Kolberg, similarly as in other regions, from two different types
of sources. The core of his work consisted of field notes written down
during his few trips to that region. Another way of collecting information
for Kolberg’s publication included an extensive study of already
published resources – historical and ethnographical works, collections
of songs, short articles, etc. Kolberg’s study of the musical culture of the
Hutsuls is a very valuable source for the history of the culture of this
part of Europe.</p></abstract>

Henryk Oskar Kolberg (1814–1890), a musician, composer,
the greatest Polish ethnographer and one of the fathers of European
ethnomusicology, collected over 20,000 folk songs, dances, and
instrumental melodies from the territory of today’s Poland, Belarus,
Ukraine and other Slavic countries. The musical culture of the Hutsuls
was an object of Oskar Kolberg’s interest in the late 1870s and early
1880s. The research material related to this region was collected
by Kolberg, similarly as in other regions, from two different types
of sources. The core of his work consisted of field notes written down
during his few trips to that region. Another way of collecting information
for Kolberg’s publication included an extensive study of already
published resources – historical and ethnographical works, collections
of songs, short articles, etc. Kolberg’s study of the musical culture of the
Hutsuls is a very valuable source for the history of the culture of this
part of Europe.

Oskar Kolberg’s Study of the Musical Culture of the Hutsuls

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Oskar Kolberg Institute in Poznań

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Henryk Oskar Kolberg (1814–1890), a musician, composer,
the greatest Polish ethnographer and one of the fathers of European
ethnomusicology, collected over...

Oskar Kolberg’s Study of the Musical Culture of the Hutsuls

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2014

Páginas: 40 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2014-0014

Palabras clave
Oskar Kolberg, Hutsuls, fieldwork, musical culture

© 2014 Łukasz Smoluch

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Oskar Kolberg’s Study of the Musical Culture of the Hutsuls

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2014

Páginas: 40 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2014-0014

Palabras claveOskar Kolberg, Hutsuls, fieldwork, musical culture

© 2014 Łukasz Smoluch

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Oskar Kolberg, Hutsuls, fieldwork, musical culture