Augusta Danilova, the Interpreter of Folk and Literary Songs on Gramophone Records. Between the Identification, Hybridization and Popularization of the Tradition

Abstract

Razprava se osredinja na predstavitev pesemskega in dramskega zvočnega gradiva, ki ga je v dveh obdobjih v prvih dveh desetletjih 20. stoletja v ZDA na gramofonske plošče z 78 obrati na minuto za podjetje Columbia v ZDA posnela slovenska dramska igralka Avgusta Danilova. Na podlagi tradicionalnih in sodobnih folklorističnih in etnoloških metod, teoretskih diskurzov in analize pesmi ter dramskih prizorov želi ugotoviti, kakšni žanri ljudskih in umetnih pesmi so bili na teh ploščah najpogostejši ter kakšne so bile transformacije besedil, hkrati pa ugotoviti, ali so med slovenskimi izseljenci v ZDA obstajali novi modeli kulturne produkcije in reprodukcije.

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The article focuses on the presentation of song and dramatic sound materials, recorded in the U.S.A. by Slovenian actress August Danilova. The 78 rpm gramophone records were published by gramophone companies Columbia in first two decades of 20th Century. Our aim is to establish, on the basis of traditional and modern folklore and ethnological methods, and the theoretical discourses and analyses of songs and dramatic scenes, the most common genres of folk and literary songs on these recordings, and what kind of transformation of texts we can observe. At the same time we will be interested whether there are new models of cultural production and reproduction of Slovenian culture among emigrants in the United States.