Abstract:
In this chapter I analyse Polish folk revival music, and the alternative concepts
and terms describing folklore and folk music emerging within it. I wonder about
the social and ideological contexts of the development of this movement as
well as the characteristic change in the terms used by its representatives. Using
the newer theories, according to which the tradition is dynamic and depends
on the continuous reinterpretation of cultural patterns, I try to show that the
contemporary municipal musicians that play old rural music are, in fact, the
next generation of folk singers and instrumentalists who continue and grow the
tradition received from their predecessors.
