Folk Music of Czechoslovakia

I. Introduction
A. Music of Czechoslovakia
B. Music and National Identity
C. Folk Music of Czechoslovakia
Thesis: The music of Czechoslovakia has been heavily researched, and yet is lacking in
scholarship in certain facets of the countrys culture. The music of Czechoslovakia, music and
national identity, and the Folk Music of Czechoslovakia are discussed in this literature review.

II. Section 1 (Music of 20th century Czechoslovakia)

A. A time of oppression in Czechoslovakian music (Juzl, Milos. 1996., Mitchell, Tony. 1992.)
B. The idea of Czech music (Beckerman, Michael. 1986, Fischmann, Zdenka E. 2002.,)
C. The classical music of Czechoslovakia in the 20th century (Newmarch, Rosa. 1942., Bennett,
Erin Kathleen. 2009., Stepanek Vladimir, Karasek Bohumil, and Sip Ladislav. 1960)

III. Section 2 (Music and National Identity)

A. Symbiotic relationship between music and national identity (Slobin, Mark, ed. 1996., Biddle,
Ian D., and Vanessa Knights. 2007., Swanwick, Keith. 1999.)
B. Nationalism and Music (Curtis, Benjamin Ward. 2002., Bryant, Chad Carl. 2007., Bradley, J.
F. N. 1984.)
C. A Search for National Identity in Czechoslovakia (Macura Vladimir, Pichova Hana, and Craig
Stephen Cravens. 2010., Lass, Andrew. 1989.)

IV. Section 3 (Folk Music of Czechoslovakia)

A. Characteristics of Czechoslovakian Folk Music (Buchner, Alexandr. 1972., Markl, Jaroslav,
and Vladimir Karbusicky. 1963, Slobin, Mark. 2011., Vetterl, Karel, and Alica Elschekova.
1962., Herzog, George. 1947.)
B. The difficulty with Czech folk music (Porter, James. 1977., Slobin, Mark, ed. 1996., Nettl,
Bruno. 1965.)
C. Changes in folk music in the latter half of the 20th century (Vaanova-Horakova, Jadranka.
1996., Vetterl, Karel. 1949.)

V. Conclusion/future research of the folk music in Czechoslovakia

A. Major conclusions include there are diverse views on the treatment on the folk music of
Czechoslovakia
B. Future research needs include the effects of the Czechoslovakian dissolution on music,
modern Czechoslovakian folk music, and the function of folk music in modern are of Slovakia
and the Czech Republic.