Franc Kramar and His Collection of »Oral Tradition from Ig and Other Regions«

Abstract

V članku je predstavljen skladatelj Franc Kramar iz Matene pri Igu na Dolenjskem predvsem kot nabiralec pripovednega izročila. Ljudske pesmi je začel zapisovati že v mladosti, ob tem pa je nabiral tudi drugo gradivo, še posebej ljudske pravljice in povedke, anekdote, šaljive zgodbe, zagovore, ljudske molitve, ljudske vraže in prerokovanja, pregovore, uganke in otroške igre. Nabrano izročilo je nameraval izdati v samostojni zbirki Ižansko in drugo narodno blago. Po nasvete in priporočilo se je obrnil na pravnika ter mladinskega in humoristčnrga pisatelja Frana Milčinskega. Milčinski je priporočil natis tega gradiva, ki mu je bilo oddano v pogled leta 1914, toda objavo je preprečila prva svetovna vojna.

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The author analyzes the work of composer Franc Kramar from Matena by Ig in Lower Carniola, focusing primarily on his role of a collector of folk narratives. As a youth, Kramar started to record on paper folk songs along with other material, especially folktales, anecdotes, humorous stories, invocations, folk prayers, folk believe, prophesies, riddles, and children’s games. Intending to publish this material in a publication with the title Ižansko in drugo narodno blago (Oral Tradition from Ig and Other Regions), he seeked advice and recommendation from lawyer and author of humorous and children’s stories Fran Milčinski. Upon examining the material submitted by Kramar in 1914 Milčinski wrote a recommendation, but the onset of the First World War prevented the printing of the book.