2. Folk music in Bohemia and Moravia

7 October


Different types of folk music in various regions (Bohemia, Moravia)

Music and dance in Moravia and Bohemia

Folk music instruments

Collections of folksongs




Assigned reading:


Pilková Zdeňka. “Eighteenth Century Folk Music in the Czech Lands: Comments on the State of
Research.” In: Beckerman, Michael and Glen Bauer (ed.). Janáček and Czech Music. Proceedings of the
International Conference (Saint Louis, 1988). Pendragon Press Stuyvesant. New York, 1988, 155-163.