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505 0 a| Introduction -- Part I: Ethnography of the Balkan music and dance scene ; The "Balkanites" ; Why Balkan? -- Part II: Folk dancing and turn-of-the-century America ; Folk dancing and the settlement movement ; Folk dancing and the physical education and recreation movements -- Part III: International folk dancing from the 1930s and 1950s ; Dance and be merry ; Emergence of the new folk dance leaders: Vytautas Beliajus, Song Chang, Michael Herman ; Folk dance as a national trend -- Part IV: 1950s and beyond ; International folk dance and the "Balkan craze" ; The rise of the Balkan scene -- Conclusion.;

520 a| Divi Zheni identifies itself as a Bulgarian women's chorus and band, but it is located in Boston and none of its members come from Bulgaria. Zlatne Uste is one of the most popular purveyors of Balkan music in America, yet the name of the band is grammatically incorrect. The members of Sviraci hail from western Massachusetts, upstate New York, and southern Vermont, but play tamburica music on traditional instruments. Curiously, thousands of Americans not only participate in traditional music and dance from the Balkans, but in fact structure their social practices around it without having any other ties to the region. This book investigates this remarkable phenomenon to explore why so many Americans actively participate in specific Balkan cultural practices to which they have no familial or ethnic connection. Going beyond traditional interpretations, she challenges the notion that participation in Balkan culture in North America is merely a specialized offshoot of the 1960s American folk music scene. Instead, her exploration of the relationship between the stark sounds and lively dances of the Balkan region and the Americans who love them reveals that Balkan dance and music has much deeper roots in America's ideas about itself, its place in the world, and the place of the world's cultures in the American melting pot. Examining sources that span more than a century and come from both sides of the Atlantic, the author shows that an affinity group's debt to historical movements and ideas, though largely unknown to its members, is vital in understanding how and why people make particular music and dance choices that substantially change their lives.;

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Balkan fascination : creating an alternative music culture in America / Mirjana Laušević.

Author/creator	Laušević, Mirjana
Format	Book
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description	x, 299 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.).
Subjects	Folk music--United States. --History and criticism. Folk music--Balkan Peninsula. --History and criticism. Music--United States. --Balkan Peninsula influences.

Series	American musicspheres American musicspheres. ^A465365
Contents	Introduction -- Part I: Ethnography of the Balkan music and dance scene ; The "Balkanites" ; Why Balkan? -- Part II: Folk dancing and turn-of-the-century America ; Folk dancing and the settlement movement ; Folk dancing and the physical education and recreation movements -- Part III: International folk dancing from the 1930s and 1950s ; Dance and be merry ; Emergence of the new folk dance leaders: Vytautas Beliajus, Song Chang, Michael Herman ; Folk dance as a national trend -- Part IV: 1950s and beyond ; International folk dance and the "Balkan craze" ; The rise of the Balkan scene -- Conclusion.
Abstract	Divi Zheni identifies itself as a Bulgarian women's chorus and band, but it is located in Boston and none of its members come from Bulgaria. Zlatne Uste is one of the most popular purveyors of Balkan music in America, yet the name of the band is grammatically incorrect. The members of Sviraci hail from western Massachusetts, upstate New York, and southern Vermont, but play tamburica music on traditional instruments. Curiously, thousands of Americans not only participate in traditional music and dance from the Balkans, but in fact structure their social practices around it without having any other ties to the region. This book investigates this remarkable phenomenon to explore why so many Americans actively participate in specific Balkan cultural practices to which they have no familial or ethnic connection. Going beyond traditional interpretations, she challenges the notion that participation in Balkan culture in North America is merely a specialized offshoot of the 1960s American folk music scene. Instead, her exploration of the relationship between the stark sounds and lively dances of the Balkan region and the Americans who love them reveals that Balkan dance and music has much deeper roots in America's ideas about itself, its place in the world, and the place of the world's cultures in the American melting pot. Examining sources that span more than a century and come from both sides of the Atlantic, the author shows that an affinity group's debt to historical movements and ideas, though largely unknown to its members, is vital in understanding how and why people make particular music and dance choices that substantially change their lives.
Local note	Joyner-JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER: MusicLib CD-9638.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index.
LCCN	2005014887
ISBN	019517867X (alk. paper)
ISBN	9780195178678 (alk. paper)
ISBN	9780195178678

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