The phenomenon of folklorism in 20th century: a case study in Eastern Europe

Miguel Esperanza Pérez

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Since the science that studies the popular music of an ethnic group was called ethnomusicology in the mid-twentieth century, folklore began to be revalued in the artistic field. Despite the late acceptance of this musical characteristic, before it, there have been many composers who have nourished their compositions with folkloric elements, thus enriching the musical language. If we want to talk about folk music and classical music at the same time, the figure of Béla Bartók obtains a fundamental relevance as far as this concept is concerned. To study the composer of Hungarian origin is fundamental to study this nationalist artistic current that arises at the beginning of the 20th century and that tries to enhance the national value through the differential symbols of each place the different elements that form each respective folklore. In the same way that the historicist performers do by approaching their interpretation to the context of the work, this research proposes in the same way the interpretation of these folkloric elements within the field of classical music. The objective will be approached from the absence of a precise definition to refer to this concept, which we have called folklorism, to later analyze how these folklorisms appear in classical music and how we, as performers, must approach their interpretation from a truly perspective with their origin. Within the broad spectrum of this topic, we have selected 'Contrasts' by Béla Bartók as a starting point for this research.

type	research exposition
keywords	Bartók, Art of Interpretation, Artistic reserach, Clarinet, violin, piano, folk music, Folklorism, Chamber music, traditional music, 20th century
date	19/02/2023
published	19/07/2023
last modified	19/07/2023
status	limited publication
copyright	Miguel Esperanza Pérez
license	CC BY-NC-ND
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1960615/1960616
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	3. Internal publication

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