Rozwój folklorystyki na Śląsku Cieszyńskim : pierwsze badania

Abstract

As early as at the beginning of Śląsk Cieszyński there were conducted first instances of field research devoted to the collection of song repertoire (1819 – the appeal of the Association of the Friends of Music of the Austrian Empire in Vienna – Společnost přáatel hudby rakouskĕho mocnářctvi). This action prompted the reaction of priests, teachers, the supporters of the social movement, which was testimony of their considerable historical – especially regional – awareness. Further area explorations were conducted by both Polish and Czech scholars. Successive collections of songs were compiled (A. Cinciała, B. Hoff, R. Zanibal. P. Stalmach, W. Kisza, A. Hławiczka, K. Hławiczka, J. Tacina, K. Piegza, F. Pustówka, J.S. Bystroń and others), which to this constitute an invaluable source of folk vocal repertoire.