Lithuanian folklore or folk-like bands that include fiddle and their cultural permissibility (1950-1990)

• Leidėjo tinklalapis: leidinio tekstas

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Tautosaka; Folkloro ansambliai; Folklore; Folklore music.

ENThis investigation is dealing with the formations and development of the Lithuanian instrumental folklore or folk-like bands that include fiddles. It intends to reveal and discuss various significant, i.e. ideological, cultural, educational, and marketing factors which have affected them from 1950 until 1990, the year of the reinstatement of the Independent Lithuania. It should be emphasized, that relatively many folk musicians, mainly fiddlers and/or accordionists, born between 1906 and 1930, have participated in various traditional bands and led them during their entire lives. Often they played one of the major roles in the foundation of these bands, their instrumentation and repertoires. This is the first attempt to investigate Lithuanian folklore and folk-like bands from the perspective of folk musicians, considering historical, political, and social-cultural contexts. Scientific articles and books discussing typical stylized ʺcountrysideʺ bands, their formation, the development and participating at Lithuanian singers festivals, have already been published. [Extract, p. 183]