Music practices in Kosovo (before 1950s): On the background of amateurism and cultural-artistic societies activity’s
Session
Modern Music, Digital Production and Management
Description
The attempt to explore musical activity and the development of art during the first part of the 20th century, as an essential need of the time, represents one of the most important tasks of Kosovar historical musicology today. In partial/initial form, this paper represents the product of a research based on narratives, archival documents, books, writings, and especially descriptive information (newspaper articles) published in various newspapers and/or magazines between 1945-90 (e.g., Literary Journal 'Jeta e Re [New Life], 'Përparimi’ [Progress], Newspaper: 'Rilindja' etc.) and brings in appealing forms, narrative information about music practices related to a cultural terrain where conditions, possibilities and perspectives were almost only two-dimensional - amateurism and folklore. While studies in the field of Ethnomusicology, have reached a certain level (realized since 1950s), historical musicology has never managed to be as 'productive' as ethnomusicology, musical creativity and artistic activities. With cultural developments in the years before WWII, (including musical formations and practices) we are not separated by multi century distance, so this makes us gravitationally attracted with that period, where musical developments were not multi-dimensional, but they are multi-dimensionally important, both in historical and ethnomusicological terms.
Keywords:
Kosovo, music, amateurism, folklore, cultural-artistic societies.
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-50-5
Location
Lipjan, Kosovo
Start Date
29-10-2022 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2022 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2022.53
Recommended Citation
Palokaj, Kristina, "Music practices in Kosovo (before 1950s): On the background of amateurism and cultural-artistic societies activity’s" (2022). UBT International Conference. 53.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2022/all-events/53
Music practices in Kosovo (before 1950s): On the background of amateurism and cultural-artistic societies activity’s
Lipjan, Kosovo
The attempt to explore musical activity and the development of art during the first part of the 20th century, as an essential need of the time, represents one of the most important tasks of Kosovar historical musicology today. In partial/initial form, this paper represents the product of a research based on narratives, archival documents, books, writings, and especially descriptive information (newspaper articles) published in various newspapers and/or magazines between 1945-90 (e.g., Literary Journal 'Jeta e Re [New Life], 'Përparimi’ [Progress], Newspaper: 'Rilindja' etc.) and brings in appealing forms, narrative information about music practices related to a cultural terrain where conditions, possibilities and perspectives were almost only two-dimensional - amateurism and folklore. While studies in the field of Ethnomusicology, have reached a certain level (realized since 1950s), historical musicology has never managed to be as 'productive' as ethnomusicology, musical creativity and artistic activities. With cultural developments in the years before WWII, (including musical formations and practices) we are not separated by multi century distance, so this makes us gravitationally attracted with that period, where musical developments were not multi-dimensional, but they are multi-dimensionally important, both in historical and ethnomusicological terms.