Bernard Garaj
Curriculum Vitae
(Last update, Feburary 2021)
Prof. Dr. Bernard Garaj
Bernard Garaj (*1960) studied Music Education at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra and finished his doctoral thesis at the Institute of Musicology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava on “Bagpipes and the Bagpipers´ Tradition in Slovakia” (1990). His postdoctoral thesis “Slovak Folk Dance Music at the End of the 20th Century” was defended at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (1999) and his inauguration thesis on “The History of Slovak Folk Music Ensembles” was defended at his alma mater (2005). In the years 1992 – 2005 he worked at the Institute of Musicology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava, and since 1992 he has been affiliated with the Department of Ethnology and Folklore Studies of the Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra.
Fieldwork
Since 1986 Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Romania.
Research projects
Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science and Research of the Slovak Republic
Since 2021 Carnival season in a cultural-historical perspective and their current forms in the rural enviroments
2017-2019 Forms and social functions of folk music and dance at present
2007-2009 Corpus Musicae Popularis Slovacae. Folk songs and music from the Tekov region
2006-2008 A multimedia project on the Slovak folk music
2003-2005 Folk musical culture in Central Europe
2002-2004 Musical and dance traditions of Slovaks living in ethnically mixed areas of Southern Slovakia
1999-2001 Keeping the musical and dance tradition in Slovakia at the end of the 20th century
1990-1992 Slovak folk dance music
1991-1992 European traditional instrumental music
Organization of meetings
1997 General secretary of the 34th ICTM world conference in Nitra, Slovakia
Awards
2002 Walter Deutsch Prize – awarded by the Ministry of Science, Education and Culture of the Republic of Austria for extraordinary results in the field of folk music research“
Memberships
ICTM Study Group on (Folk) Musical Instruments (since 1987)
ICTM Study Group on Multipart Music (since 2012)
ICTM president of the Slovak National Committee (since 2014)
Council of the Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (since 2017)
Study and lecture stays
1988 Institute of Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hungary
1999 University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2002 Institute for Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria
2005 University of Wyoming, USA
2007 University of Silesia, Poland
2014 University of Telemark, Norway
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Books
2019 Traditional Music and Dance in Contemporary Cultures(s).Jana Ambrózová and Bernard Garaj (eds.). Nitra: Constantine the Philosopher University.
2005 Ľudová piesňová tradícia v Dolnom Ohaji. [The Folk Song Tradition in Dolný Ohaj] Nitra: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa, 133 p. (together with M. Járek)
2004 Slovenské ľudové piesne. Veľká Dolina. [Slovak Folk Songs. Veľká Dolina] Nitra: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa, 106 p. (together with M. Járek)
2001 Slovenské ľudové tance a hudba na sklonku 20. storočia. [Slovak Folk Dances and Music at the End of the 20th Century] Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, 477 p. (together with S. Dúžek)
1995 Gajdy a gajdošská tradícia na Slovensku. [Bagpipe and the Bagpipers’ Tradition in Slovakia] Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied Bratislava 1995, 277 p.
1993 Gajdošské piesne z Malej Lehoty, Veľkej Lehoty a Jedľových Kostolian. [Bagpipers‘ Songs from Malá Lehota, Veľká Lehota and Jedľové Kostoľany], Nitra: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa, 136 p.
Articles in books and journals
2020 The Diatonic Button Accordion as a Phenomenon of Controversial Popularity in the Slovak Traditional Music. In Traditional Music and Dance in Contemporary Culture(s). J. Ambrózová and B. Garaj (eds. ) Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, 42-53.
2019 Slovakia: History, Culture, and Geography of Music. In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture.J. Sturman, J. (ed.) SAGE Publications, Inc. (USA) 2019, Print ISBN: 9781483317755. Online ISBN: 9781483317731.
2019 „Local, Regional and National Identity in Slovak Folk Music.“ In Volksmusik und (Neo)Nationalismus. In Grazer Schriften zur Volksmusiokforschung und – praxis. Eva Maria Hois (ed.) Verlag Steirisches Volksliedwerk, Graz 2019, 77 – 87.
2017 „An Instrument Maker as a Key Factor in Keeping and Developing Musical Traditions.“ In Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis 5, New Series of the ICTM Study Group on Folk Musical Instruments,Gisa Jähnichen (ed.). Verlag für Wissenschaft Münster, 69-82.
2017 “Towards the Instrumentation of Sound in a Band Consisting of String Instruments and Bagpipes.” In European Voices III. The Instrumentation and Instrumentalization of Sound. Local Multipart Music Practices in Europe. Ardian Ahmedaja (ed.) Wien – Köln – Weimar: Böhlau Verlag, 249-262.
2015 “Überlieferungs - und Vermittlungsformen der traditionellen Volksmusikstile in der Slowakei.”
In Traditionelle Musik. Überliefern - Verhandeln - Vermitteln : Klanglese 10. Ursula Hemetek (ed.) Wien : Institut für Volksmusikforschung und Ethnomusikologie, 147-154.
2011 “Rural Musical Instruments at the Turn of Two Centuries: The Case of Bagpipes in Slovakia.” In: Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis II (New Series), Gisa Jähnichen (ed.). Münster: MV Wissenschaft 105-116.
2009 „Towards the destiny of the diatonic button accordion on its way from Bohemia to Slovakia.“ In Studia Instrumentorum Musicae Popularis I (New Series), Gisa Jähnichen (ed.). Münster: MV Wissenschaft Verlagshaus Monsenstein und Vannderdat 49-58.
2011 „Bodźce i determinanty wspólczesnego zachowania instrumentarium slowackiej muzyki ludowej.“ [Conditions and Determinants of the Keeping the Tradition of Slovak Folk Musical Instruments.] In Instrumenty muzyczne w tradycji ludowej i folkowej. Zbigniew Jerzy Przerembski (ed.). Zakopane: Biuro promocji, 33-53.
2007 “Ethnocultural Traditions Related to Bagpipe Playing in the Pohronský Inovec region in Slovakia.” In Ethnocultural Tradition in Contemporary Society. Marta Toncrová (ed.). Brno: Institute of Ethnology, 139-146
2006 “The Fujara – a Symbol of Slovak Folk Music and New Ways of Its Usage.” In Folklore Studies XXII, Vilnius: Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, 86-94.
2005 “Inovačné procesy a tendencie vo výrobe ľudových hudobných nástrojov.” [Innovative Processes and Trends in Folk Music Instrument Making.] In Ethnomusicologicum IV. Empirický výskum v etnomuzikológii, etnológii a folkloristike. Oskár Elschek (ed.) Bratislava: ASCO art &science 197-208.
2004 “Das Hackbrettspiel in der slowakischen Volksmusik.” In Studia instrumentorum musicae popularis XII. Eszter Fontana, Andreas Michel, Erich Stockmann (ed). Halle an der Saale: Verlag Janos Stekovics, 151-158.
2004 “K súčasnému stavu výskumu ľudovej inštrumentálnej hudby na Slovensku.” [Towards the Contemporary Research of Folk Instrumental Music in Slovakia.] In Ethnomusicologicum III. Výskumy v teréne. Študijné plány etnológie a etnomuzikológie. Teória a metodológia. Oskár Elschek (ed.) Bratislava: ASCO art&science, 73-86.
2002 “Tamburášske hudby na Slovensku.” [Tamburitza Bands in Slovakia.] In Stredoeurópske štýly tradičnej hudby a tanca. Musicologica actualis 5. Oskár Elschek (ed.). Bratislava: ASCO art&science, 86-97.
2000 “Etnomuzikologický aspekt vo výskume slovenských ľudových tancov.” [An Ethnomusicological Aspect of Slovak Folk Dance Research.] In Folklór a folkloristika na Slovensku. Na prahu milénia. Zuzana Profantová (ed.) Bratislava: ARM, 218-229.
1998 “Die Situation der slowakischen Volksmusik seit dem Umbruchsjahr 1989.” In Alte Nachbarn - neue Nachbarschaften. Vorträge des Symposions anläßlich 70 Jahre Burgenländisches Volksliedwerk. Franziska Pietsch –Stockhammer (ed.) Eisenstadt: Burgenländisches Volksliedwerk, 33-45.
1998 “Typologie der Sackpfeifen in der Slowakei.” In Ethnologische, Historische und Systematische Musikwissenschaft. Oskár Elschek (ed.) Bratislava: Institut für Musikwissenschaft der Slowakischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 245-258.
1997 K problematike regionálnych štýlov slovenskej ľudovej ensemblovej hudby na Slovensku. [Regional Styles of Ensemble Folk Music in Slovakia.] In Viachlas a regióny ľudovej hudby na Slovensku. Slovenská hudba 1-2, vol. XXIII Oskár Elschek (ed.) 101-113.
1995 “Zungenaerophone in der Slowakei.” In: Studia instrumentorum musicae popularis XI. Erich Stockmann (ed.) Stockholm: Musikmuseet Stockholm, 132-138.
1995 “K výskumu ľudovej inštrumentálnej hudby Spiša.” [Towards the Research of Folk Instrumental Music in the Spis Region.] In Musicologica Slovaca et Europea XIX, Oskár Elschek (ed.) Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied,201-214.
1995 “Ľudová hudba a jej premeny.” [Folk Musik and Its Changes.] In EthnoMusicologicum II. Oskár Elschek (ed.) Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied 139-146.
1993 Folklór v komerčne najúspešnejších nahrávkach populárnych hudobno-zábavných skupín. [Folklore in the Commercially Most Successful Recordings of Bands Playing Popular Entertainment Music.] EthnoMusicologicum vol. 1, Nb 1, Oskár Elschek (ed.) Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, 135-142.
1992 “Das Ensemble von Dudelsack und Geige in der Slowakei.” In Studia instrumentorum musicae popularis X, Erich Stockmann (ed.) Stockholm: Musikmuseet Stockholm, 69-74.
1990 “Der Dudelsack in der dörflichen Tanzmusik der Slowakei.” In Dörfliche Tanzmusik im westpannonischen Raum. Walter Deutsch (ed) Wien: Verlag A. Schendl, 209-230.
Audio-visual publications
2009 Slovak Folk Musical Instruments. A Multimedia Educational Project. Bratislava: Slovak Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre. Multimedia DVD. (together with Vladimír Kyseľ, Daniel Luther and Juraj Hamar)
2008 Ľudové tance slovenských regiónov. Ľudové tance Gemera a Malohontu. [Folk Dances of the Slovak Regions. Folk Dances from South-Western Slovakia.] Bratislava: Národné osvetové centrum & Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2 DVD 180” (together with Eleonóra Klepáčová and Stanislav Dúžek)
2007 Ľudové tance slovenských regiónov. Ľudové tance juhozápadného Slovenska. [Folk Dances of the Slovak Regions. Folk Dances from South-Western Slovakia.] Bratislava: Národné osvetové centrum & Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, DVD 90” (together with Eleonóra Klepáčová and Stanislav Dúžek)
2006 Ľudové tance slovenských regiónov. Ľudové tance Šariša. [Folk Dances of the Slovak Regions. Folk Dances from the Šariš Region.] Bratislava: Národné osvetové centrum & Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2 DVDs 180” + commentary 14 p. (together with Eleonóra Klepáčová and Stanislav Dúžek)
2005 Ľudové tance slovenských regiónov. Ľudové tance zo Spiša. [Folk Dances of the Slovak Regions. Folk Dances from the Spiš Region.] Bratislava: Národné osvetové centrum & Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2 DVDs 180” + commentary 12 p. (together with Eleonóra Klepáčová and Stanislav Dúžek)
2004 Ľudové tance slovenských regiónov. Ľudové tance z Oravy. [Folk Dances of the Slovak Regions. Folk Dances from the Orava Region.] Bratislava: Národné osvetové centrum & Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, DVD 90” (together with Eleonóra Klepáčová and Stanislav Dúžek)
2004 Fujara a jej hudobný repertoár. Tradiční nositelia. Výber z nahrávok Etnomuzikologického oddelenia UHV SAV z rokov 1960-1979. [The Fujara and its Repertoire. Traditional Players.] Bratislava: Pro Musica. CD 60” (together with Lýdia Mikušová)
2003 Ľudové tance slovenských regiónov : ľudové tance okolia Púchova, Považskej Bystrice a Kysúc. [Folk Dances of the Slovak Regions. Folk Dances from the Surroundings of Púchov, Považská Bystrica and Kysuce.] Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, DVD 90” (together with Eleonóra Klepáčová and Stanislav Dúžek)
2002. Ľudové tance slovenských regiónov. Ľudové tance regiónu Dolný Trenčín. [Folk Dances of the Slovak Regions. Folk Dances from the Upper Trenčín Region.] Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, DVD 90” (together with Eleonóra Klepáčová and Stanislav Dúžek)
1996 Slovenská ľudová tanečná hudba 4. Obradové tance. [Slovak Folk Dance Music 4. Ritual Dances.] Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, audio cassette 60” + commentary 12 p. (together with Stanislav Dúžek)
1996 Slovenská ľudová tanečná hudba 3. Ženské a mužské tance. [Slovak Folk Dance Music 3. Women’s and Men’s Dances.] Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, audio cassette 60” + commentary 15 p. (together with Stanislav Dúžek)
1993 Slovenská ľudová tanečná hudba 2. Párové tance. [Slovak Folk Dance Music 2. Couple Dances.] Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, audio cassette 60” + commentary 9 p. (together with Stanislav Dúžek)
1993 Slovenská ľudová tanečná hudba 1. Krútivé tance. [Slovak Folk Dance Music 1. Whirly Dances.] Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied, audio cassette 60” + commentary 8 p. (together with Stanislav Dúžek)
1994 Gajdy. [Bagpipes.] Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied – ASCO art &science, video cassette 60” + commentary 6 p.
1993 Spiš. Ľudové piesne a hudba. Hudobný folklór Slovenska. Antológia. [Folk Songs and Music. Musical Folklore of Slovakia. Anthology.] Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied - ASCO Art&Science, audio cassette 60” (together with Alica Elscheková)
1991 Heligonkári. [Diatonic accordion players.] Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied - ASCO art &science, video cassette 60” + commentary 8 p.
1991 Gajdošská hudba. [Bagpipers‘ Music.] Bratislava: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied – ASCO art &science, audio cassette 60”.
Bernard Garaj