Juozas Žilevičius ir lietuvių liaudies muzikos instrumentai

Abstract

Šio straipsnio objektas – Juozo Žilevičiaus 1927–1968 m. paskelbti straipsniai, skirti lietuvių liaudies muzikos instrumentams. Instrumentai buvo ne tik aprašyti, bet ir suklasifikuoti, pateiktos jų kilmės versijos. Siekiama įvertinti J. Žilevičiaus darbų svarbą ir reikšmę, pagrindžiant mintį, kad jo tyrimai buvo moksliškai pagrįsti, atitiko to meto lygį ir yra reikšmingi lietuvių etnomuzikologijai. Straipsnyje naudojami analizės, lyginimo ir apibendrinimo metodai

The subject of analysis in this article is the research works on the Lithuanian folk musical instruments published between the 1927 and 1968 by the famous Lithuanian ethnomusicologist, professor Juozas Žilevičius (1891–1985). In 1927–1968, Žilevičius published 11 articles about the Lithuanian folk musical instruments: among them, 4 articles were in English, others in Lithuanian. All the English articles were published in the USA. Among the Lithuanian ones, 3 works were published in weeklies and magazines in Lithuania, while 4 others – in the Lithuanian periodicals printed in the USA. Among these publications, 8 were more or less scientific, while others could be characterized as popular presentations. As purely scientific publications, 2 articles in the 10th and 15th volumes of Lietuvių enciklopedija (‘The Lithuanian Encyclopedia’), published in Lithuanian in the USA in 1957 and 1968 could be named. Žilevičius evaluated the folk musical instruments against the background of the traditional culture, researching their origin, spread, connecting the promoted traditions with customs of the neighboring peoples. His research works were based on the data from historical sources, works by different authors and on the evaluated samples of the folk musical instruments from his personal collection. The first research work “Lithuanian Folk Musical Instruments” appeared in 1927 in the Lithuanian weekly Iliustruotoji Lietuva (‘Lithuania Illustrated’). Here Žilevičius presented main data regarding all the musical instruments used in the traditional folk music performances and proposed the first scientific classification of the Lithuanian folk musical instruments, embracing three main groups and eight sub-groups. The main groups comprised the string, wind and percussion instruments. [...]