This paper aims to illuminate on how the institution of the folk orchestra in Serbia was established using archive material. The folk orchestra, as a specific instrumental formation for accompaniment of popular folk songs ...

Поред основних структуралних карактеристика жанра, у овом раду биће концизно представљени резултати првог опсежног етномузиколошког истраживања архивских, теренских и медијских извора о староградској музици у Србији (нарочито ...

In this paper two concepts of professionalization are observed within a unique cultural context: the annual concept of the cultural-artistic society (KUD) in a small town in central Serbia. It is about the conception 1) ...

This paper discusses the circumstances under which the building and playing of the kaval became topical in Serbia (Belgrade) at the end of twentieth century: the work of the Byzantine choir “Saint John of Damascus” and ...

Specific culture of the inhabitants of the Dinaric mountains region in the Western Balkans has already been observed primarily by ethnographers, antropogeographers and historians, and in recent times also by ethnomusicologists. ...

Šumadija is nowadays defined as a geographical area in central Serbia, between the rivers Sava and Danube in the north, Velika Morava in the cast, Zapadna Morava in the south, Kolubara in the west and the Kamenica - Čemernica ...

This paper contains an overview of the research on traditional instrumental music in Serbia with a special focus on the latent ideas regarding typology. Namely, in comparison with traditional songs, instrumental music has ...

The available printed scores form Jovan Frajt's collection, as well as the preserved fragments of his catalogue, are analysed thoroghly. The results of the analysis are explained in depth using the published statistical ...