1st Edition

Newly Composed Folk Music of Yugoslavia

By Ljerka V. Rasmussen Copyright 2002
    254 Pages
    by Routledge

    254 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book challenges the monolithic portrayals of folk music and social change under communism by making a case for "people's music" and shows how new folk music embodies an inherently pluralistic concept of Yugoslavia's culture.

    Musical Examples on the Compact Disc, Note on Language and Pronunciation, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Chapter I: The Emergence of Newly Composed Folk Music, Chapter II: Laying the Foundations: The Practice of Arrangement, Chapter III: The Market Breakthrough, Chapter IV: The Folk Estrada: Products and Activities, Chapter V: Style and Regionalism, Chapter VI: Newly Composed Folk Music on Radio, Chapter VII: The Power of the Market: Production, Chapter VIII: The Power of the Market: Patterns of Reception, Bibliography, Selected Discography, Index

    Biography

    Ljerka V. Rasmussen