Construction, Arrangement, Revival: Slovenian Vocal Music Practices and National Perception (Research Brief)

I explore two basic questions: How is folk music, a multifaceted and problematic concept, transformed into a national music? What is “Slovenian” in the diverse musics perceived as ethnically or nationally Slovenian? I thus examine theories of folk music and the processes in which such music is constructed, as well as how this repertoire of Slovenian folk songs simultaneously represents and influences perceptions of Slovenian national identity.

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Maria K. Arko Klemenc, of the University of California at Berkeley, was a 2001-02 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) fellow.