Kolberg Year 2014 According to a survey done by the Music and Dance Institute, only 8,7% of respondents knew who Oskar Kolberg was. Who is Kolberg? Oskar Kolberg (1814-1890) was an ethnographer, folklorist and composer who published thick collections of Polish folk songs classified by region. He collected over 8,000 folk melodies and described the customs, traditions, dances, and proverbs of the people inhabiting the territory of Poland before the partitions. Apart from reaching the Ukrainians, Belorussians, Lithuanians, Poles, Silesians, he also evidenced the cultures of Czechs, Slovaks, the Lusitzi and even Southern Slavs. He recorded the information in his renowned work Lud (The People or The Folk, note by editor). 33 volumes were published before his death and another 52 after, bringing the entire collection to 85 volumes or 39,780 pages. Find more about regular updates on the Kolberg Year projects on the official website of the celebrations: kolberg2014.org.pl/en/2014/news culture.pl/en/article/folk-culture-in-two-thousand-fourteen
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:25:36 +0000
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