Performing democracy : Bulgarian music and musicians in transition /
| Main Author: | Buchanan, Donna Anne. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2006.
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| Series: |
Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Part I
- Socialist Culture in Transition
- 1. Transits
- 2. "Going as Guests": Ethnography and Commensality under Socialism
- 3. From the Square to the Stage: Musical Life through the 1940s
- 4. The "Folkloric Philharmonia": Building Professional Ensembles and Orchestras
- 5. Writing Nationalism, Rewriting Tradition: Politics, Professionalism, and Music Composition
- Part II
- Nationalist Narratives: Marketing Bulgarian Identities through Folk Ensemble Tableaus
- 6. "Cutting the National Crystal": The "Koutev Line"
- 7. A Pirin Spectacle
- 8. Legendary Rodopa: Cradle of Orpheus
- 9. Thracian Tales
- Part III
- Ethnography and Antistructure
- 10. Balkana and Le mystère des voix bulgares
- 11. "Tell Me How a Pepper Is Planted": Song as Social History
- 12. Democracy or "Crazy-ocracy"? Musical Interpretations.