Borders and bridges: Preliminary thoughts on Balkan music

Samson,  Jim

National library of Serbia

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Muzikologija 2005 Volume , Issue 5, Pages: 37-55
https://doi.org/10.2298/MUZ0505037S
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Borders and bridges: Preliminary thoughts on Balkan music

Samson Jim (Koledž Rojal Holovej Univerziteta u Londonu)

The author discusses methodological questions concerning his broad research project on music in the Balkans. He raises a number of questions related to defining national, cultural, and other identities in this region. The text is organized into four sections: 1. An ecumene, 2. Culture as appropriation 3. Centers and peripheries, and 4. Music gets its own back.

Keywords: Balkan music, East and West in music, centers and peripheries, musical modernity

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