Institute of Musicology
Historical Sources of Traditional Slovak Singing: Typology, Reconstruction, Interpretation
Historické pramene tradičného slovenského spevu: typológia, rekonštrukcia, interpretácia
| Duration: | 1.1.2022 - 31.12.2025 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | prof. PhDr. Urbancová Hana DrSc. |
| Annotation: | The significance of historical research in today’s ethnomusicology is growing side by side with the growth of the source base which has been cumulated as the result of the conscious collecting and documentation activities of the last two centuries. The aim of the project is to carry out basic research on the historical sources of traditional Slovak singing from the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century which originated in the territory of Slovakia and in Slovak enclaves abroad. The research will focus primarily on written (notated and textual) manuscript collections and sound (phonographic) recordings from collections of key significance for Slovak and Central European ethnomusicology (Plicka, Bartók, Lineva), along with the preparation of critical editions. The project will include a proposal for the typology of the sources of traditional singing and its application to a model example of an innovative historical study of the song genre which is now facing extinction. |
Musical centres in Slovakia before 1650: institutions - repertoire - parallels
Hudobné centrá na Slovensku pred rokom 1650: inštitúcie – repertoár – paralely
| Duration: | 1.3.2025 - 31.12.2028 |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Studeničová Hana PhD. |
| Annotation: | Since the Middle Ages, the most important centres of musical culture in Slovakia have been towns. The preserved written sources from the High Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period document the earliest, often fundamental records of music in different socio-cultural environments, of its creators and performers, and of the content or dissemination of the repertoire. The project focuses on written sources from 1200 to 1650, extant in the territory of present-day Slovakia or of Slovak provenance abroad, with an emphasis on the repertoire, its distribution in the socio-cultural milieus (urban centres, ecclesiastical institutions, individuals) and parallels across Central Europe. Primary sources of music (manuscripts, incunabula, prints) document a monophonic and polyphonic repertoire (chant coexisted with Franco-Flemish Renaissance polyphony), its up-to-dateness, quality, and specificities (local elements). Secondary sources (archival documents of municipal offices, parishes, monasteries, or individuals) provide information about the execution of the music in a concrete locality and in a concrete institution. Our complex, systematic heuristic research and extensive qualitative and quantitative analysis with transdisciplinary overlaps will bring new knowledge on transformations of the musical culture at the regional and transregional level and of the repertoire across the centuries, on social and cultural influences on the music, the influence of religious and political changes on the musical practice, and the migration of the repertoire in the European context. The research outcomes will be conveyed to the specialists and the lay public through studies, monographs, databases (open access, Digital Humanities), workshops, concerts, and conference. The project aims to bring an in-depth, innovative perspective and a new interpretation of the knowledge on musical culture in Slovakia in the international context in line with the principles of open science. |
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Identita a pamäť v hudbe 20. storočia: metamorfózy a interakcie
| Duration: | 1.1.2024 - 31.12.2027 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Ščepán Michal PhD. |
| Annotation: | The topic of identity and memory has a long-term position in the discourse of the humanities. The two concepts are not disjunctive, moreover, in many cases they are connected with musical works. This mutual interaction therefore becomes an interesting subject for musicological research. The main research issue of the project is the investigation of the author's identity, its forms and transformations from the perspective of music historiography and music analysis. The question is how this particular form of identity manifests itself and what is the overall symbiosis with identities based on the cultural or social or ethnic basis. The subject of the research is partly also the opposite view of how music, through the reflection of certain themes and phenomena, becomes the bearer of collective memory, considered one of the main constituents of identity. The range of research topics mainly reflects domestic realities with the intention of their comparison in the broader contexts of the European music development. |
Multilingualism in Church Chant
Multilingvizmus v cirkevnom speve
| Duration: | 1.1.2024 - 31.12.2027 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Ruščin Peter PhD. |
| Annotation: | The subject of the project is the research of the influence of multilingualism in church chant on its development on the territory of Slovakia from from the early modern period to the 20th century. The focus is on historical forms of church chant (liturgical chant, church hymns) recorded in written sources from our territory in different language versions (Latin, Czech, German, Hungarian, Slovak, Church Slavonic). The research focuses on the cultural and regional context of multilingualism in historical periods and confessional traditions. The aim of the project is to document the multilingual versions of church hymns on the basis of source research and to define the influence of multilingualism on character and coexistence of church chants from different confessional traditions. The project will result in new insights into the interplay between the musical-cultural and linguistic determinants of church chant not only in this country, but also in a wider geographical context. |
Networking and Migration in the Musical History of Slovakia in the 17th – 19th Centuries. Central European Contexts, Regional Specificities
Networking a migrácia v hudobných dejinách Slovenska 17. – 19. storočia: stredoeurópske kontexty, regionálne špecifiká
| Duration: | 1.1.2025 - 31.12.2028 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | PhDr. Petőczová Janka CSc. |
| Annotation: | Research on musical culture in Slovakia is an important part of musicological research in Central Europe. It includes regional musicology and musical topography, which currently investigate the issue of networking of musical phenomena, the migration of musicians, the transmission of music and musical interactions in European contexts. These problems will be solved within the framework of revealing the historical changeability of musical life in Slovakia in the 17th-19th centuries in the context of Central Europe, especially in its variable administrative-administrative structures. Basic research will be focused on musical sources in selected regions (Bratislava,Spiš,Šariš counties) with the aim of preparing scientific monographs and studies, focused on the issues of cantorates in the early modern age, the spread of the musical repertoire, the education and migration of musicians in the European area, further to questions of bourgeois culture in an urban environment, musical personalities and musical works. |
Repertoire – Institutions – Transformations: Musical Culture in Slovakia from the Middle Ages to 1650
Repertoár - inštitúcie - premeny: hudobná kultúra na Slovensku od stredoveku do roku 1650
| Duration: | 1.1.2025 - 31.12.2028 |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Studeničová Hana PhD. |
| Annotation: | In the development of cultural history, the musical culture of towns and institutions in the territory of present-day Slovakia has played an important role. The preserved written sources from the period between 800-1650 document the earliest, often fundamental records of music in different sociocultural environments, of its creators and performers, and of the content or dissemination of the repertoire. Through complex, systematic heuristic research and analysis of written sources, it will be possible to bring new knowledge on transformations of the musical culture at the regional and transregional level, on the changes in musical repertoire across the centuries, on the social and cultural influences on the music, the influence of religious and political changes on the musical practice, or the migration of musical repertoire. This knowledge will be considered in an international context, with an emphasis on finding parallels in the Central European space, which should bring new interpretation of knowledge. |
The total number of projects: 6