Newly Composed Folk Music of Yugoslavia

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ID8076791
AuthorsLjerka V Rasmussen (corresponding author)
Year2013
Publication date2013-07-23
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueNewly Composed Folk Music of Yugoslavia (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315023946
OpenAlexW420110418
Open LibraryOL34601987M
ISBN9781315023946
LanguageEN
Citations received16

In Western political discourse, Yugoslavia was frequently referred to as a “buffer zone,” its independence from the Soviet bloc being the single most salient factor making it politically atypical. Another enduring metaphor, that of a crossroads between East and West, was often invoked to describe Yugoslavia’s heterogeneous culture, owing as much to its geographic position in central/southeast Europe as to its multinational makeup. Yet, if not solely for its socialist brand of communism, the Balkan-Slavic identity of Yugoslavia’s traditional culture shaped the perception of the country as a part of the east European cultural bloc. Like other cultures on the map of Slavic traditions, Yugoslavia presented the casual observer with a colorful variety of village music, ethnic customs and a proliferating national folklore engendered in festival re-enactments of rural life. Rapid social changes following World War II profoundly affected the country’s largely rural-based culture. Despite enormous evidence of vanishing historic practices, the music rooted in the socioeconomic milieu of peasant society remained the main focus of ethnomusico-logical research interest. Yugoslavia’s contemporary culture, originating in such modem institutions as mass media and the market place, did not receive comparable attention

Aesthetics · Art · Folk music · Literature · Musical · Style (visual arts · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Diverse Musicological Studies · History and criticism · Music, european · Popular music · Popular music, history and criticism · History

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