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Date(s) - January 25, 2026
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Since the 19th century, collectors were travelling in the Czech lands,
documenting folk culture. What began as an individual endeavor
continued in the 20th century as institutional research, and today there
are large archives containing thousands of songs. Only a fraction of
this wealth was made available through printed editions and
songbooks. Project Písňovna (Songbrary – library of songs) aims to
provide an easy entrance to the database of archival materials. The
presentation will feature the database and ways it can be used.
Matěj Kratochvíl is a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology, Czech
Academy of Sciences. His interests include the revival of traditional
folk music, historical sound recordings, and digital humanities. His
recent book, Vy havíři umouněný, co vy z toho máte… analyzes
Czechoslovak folk-music research under communism in the coal
mining region of Kladno. He is also active as a music journalist, both in
printed media and on the radio.
Zoom: https://umn.zoom.us/j/97997981673?pwd=3a3buZkqbT5ZkWXluyA6tJpLEo7WsX.1&jst=3
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