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    The Vision of the Balkans in Musical Culture: Between Viennese Operetta and Eurovision

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    Piotrowska, Anna G.
    Journal
    Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society

    Page
    124-135

    Editor(s)
    Simkins, Ronald A.; Roddy, Nicolae

    Volume
    19

    Date
    2019
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    Abstract
    This article addresses the representation and conceptualization of the Balkans in musical culture since the nineteenth century. It argues that typical strategies of (self-)exoticizing and the approximation of dominant musical tendencies promoted Balkan musical uniqueness by underlining its naturalness and authenticity and are part of the legacy of nineteenth-century ideological and musicological theories. A few carefully selected examples, namely, Viennese operettas, popular films by Emir Kusturica, and Balkan performances in the Eurovision Song Contest (specifically the 2007 winner Marija Šerović’s “Molitva” [“Prayer”] which transcended religious and ethnic boundaries in its appeal), will demonstrate the primary types of narratives used to depict Balkan music to the outside world.

    Keywords: Balkan, musical culture, Viennese operetta, Eurovision, Gypsy music
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10504/122272
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