<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Oskar Kolberg never visited Lusatia, and did not come
in direct contact with the Sorbs. Still, hoping to carry out his original
project of a collection of melodies from all Slavic nations, Kolberg
could not ignore Lusatian songs and dances. The volume Materiały
do etnografii Słowian Zachodnich i Południowych, Part 1: Łużyce is made
up of three sections. The first one contains Kolberg’s translations to the
Polish language and excerpts from Jan Arnošt Smoler’s monumental
work Volkslieder der Sorben in der Ober- und Niederlausitz / Pěsnički
hornich a delnich Łužiskich Serbow. The second part includes Sorbian
materials from the collection of Andrzej Kucharski, who in the years
1826–1827 studied the history, literature and language of Lusatians.
The third part contains Kolberg’s own rather scarce lexical and
bibliographical notes. The aim of this article is to take note of a not-sowell-
known volume of Kolberg’s folk-musical collection and to discuss
the meaning of this publication nowadays. </p></abstract>

Oskar Kolberg never visited Lusatia, and did not come
in direct contact with the Sorbs. Still, hoping to carry out his original
project of a collection of melodies from all Slavic nations, Kolberg
could not ignore Lusatian songs and dances. The volume Materiały
do etnografii Słowian Zachodnich i Południowych, Part 1: Łużyce is made
up of three sections. The first one contains Kolberg’s translations to the
Polish language and excerpts from Jan Arnošt Smoler’s monumental
work Volkslieder der Sorben in der Ober- und Niederlausitz / Pěsnički
hornich a delnich Łužiskich Serbow. The second part includes Sorbian
materials from the collection of Andrzej Kucharski, who in the years
1826–1827 studied the history, literature and language of Lusatians.
The third part contains Kolberg’s own rather scarce lexical and
bibliographical notes. The aim of this article is to take note of a not-sowell-
known volume of Kolberg’s folk-musical collection and to discuss
the meaning of this publication nowadays.

Oskar Kolberg’s Volume on “Łużyce” [Lusatia]

Research and Publishing Department The Fryderyk Chopin Institute (NIFC) Warsaw

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Oskar Kolberg never visited Lusatia, and did not come
in direct contact with the Sorbs. Still, hoping to carry out his original
project of a collection of...

Oskar Kolberg’s Volume on “Łużyce” [Lusatia]

Online veröffentlicht: 30. Dez. 2014

Seitenbereich: 50 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2014-0012

Schlüsselwörter
Oskar Kolberg, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Andrzej Kucharski, Sorbs, Sorbian Music and Traditions, Lusatia

© 2014 Teresa Nowak

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Oskar Kolberg’s Volume on “Łużyce” [Lusatia]

Online veröffentlicht: 30. Dez. 2014

Seitenbereich: 50 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2014-0012

SchlüsselwörterOskar Kolberg, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Andrzej Kucharski, Sorbs, Sorbian Music and Traditions, Lusatia

© 2014 Teresa Nowak

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Oskar Kolberg, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Andrzej Kucharski, Sorbs, Sorbian Music and Traditions, Lusatia