Slovenska etnomuzikologija v letih 1848-1941

Ethnomusicology is a special discipline closely related to musicology and ethnology. There has always been a split, sometimes even misunderstanding, between historians of music and ethnomusicologists. In Slovenia, the interest in recording folk music grew strong in the second half of the 19th century, and the collections by Vraz, Ziljski, Štrekelj, Kocijančič, Murko, and others, resulted. In the first half of the 20th century, the most distinguished person in the field was France Marolt. The author analyses in more detail works of M. Bajuk and R. Hrovatin. Early ethnomusicological studies were based on the material collected mostly by amateurs (travellers, priests, teachers, Slavists, organists etc.) who did not have adequate training, sensibility, nor technical means for recording subtleties of folk music performance. The research into instrumental folk music did not start in Slovenia before World War II. It still remains a major task of Slovene ethnomusicologists.Etnomuziklogija je mlada panoga znanosti, ki se še danes marsikje bori za priznanje. Prvi raziskovalni koraki so bili bolj nebogljeni nerodni, večkrat prav zaradi nerazčiščenih pojmovanj o vlogi, pomembnosti in značaju ter zlasti o predmetu raziskovanj. V Sloveniji se je zanimanje za ljudsko glasbo povećalo zlasti drugoj polovici 19. stoletja. Avtor podrobneje omenja razprave dveh autorjev: M. Bajuka in R. Hrovatina. Etnomuzikološka dela slovenskih etnomuzikologov so bila v času nastajanja pomembna za razvoj slovenske etnomuzikologije. Bolj ali manj so se vsa opirala na do takrat nabrano gradivo katero so zborali priložnostni zbiralci, nepoklicni glasbeniki. Problem verodstojnosti zapisov še danes obstaja, čeprav so sodobni tehnični aparati do neke mere ta problem omilili