International Conference “Perspectives on the Work of France Marolt and his Contemporaries”

The legacy of France Marolt – both physical and intellectual, as well as conceptual – raises numerous questions, whether concerning the formation of national culture on the basis of musical tradition, cultural nationalism, postcolonialism, the selection and interpretation of cultural content, or the influence of the cult of personality and authority on later and/or contemporary ethnomusicology. The issues related to France Marolt will be examined by Slovenian scholars, while international scholars will place some of Marolt’s contemporaries within a comparable temporal and social framework.

The symposium will be held in English language.

The book of abstracts are available HERE.

Program / Programme 

Torek, 16. september 2025 / Tuesday, 16 September 2025

9:00     Registracija / Registration

9:30     Pozdravni nagovor / Welcome Address

1. sekcija / Session 1: 10:00–11:00

• Velika Stojkova Serafimovksa: Sporne dediščine in arhivske zbirke: Razvoj Makedonske etnomuzikologije / Contested Legacies and archival Collections: The Development of Macedonian Ethnomusicology

• Mojca Kovačič: Izročilo kot konstrukcija: Kritični pogled na zbirko Franceta Marolta / Tradition as Construction: A Critical View of France Marolt’s Folk Song Collection

2. sekcija / Session 2: 11:30–13:00

• Anja Moric: Ljudsko izročilo kot orodje narodnega »boja« na Kočevskem / Folk Tradition as a Tool of National “Struggle” in the Kočevje Region

• Marija Klobčar: Konteksti Maroltove zavzetosti za raziskovanje in ohranjanje slovenske kulture na Avstrijskem Koroškem / The contexts of Marolt’s commitment to researching and preserving Slovenian culture in Austrian Carinthia

• Tomaž Simetinger: Delovanje Franceta Marolta v kontekstu kulturne politike pred in po drugi svetovni vojni / The work of France Marolt in the context of cultural politics before and after World War II

3. sekcija / Session 3: 15:00–16:30

• Drago Kunej: Zvočna zapuščina Franceta Marolta / The Sound Legacy of France Marolt

• Leon Stefanija: Kompozicijski svet Franceta Marolta / The Compositional World of France Marolt

• Katarina Bogunović Hočevar: France Marolt in Radio Ljubljana: Med zborom, folkloro in radijskim etrom / France Marolt and Radio Ljubljana: Between the Choir, Folklore, and Radio Broadcasting 

Sreda, 17. september 2025 / Wednesday, 17 September, 2025

4. sekcija / Session 4: 9:30–11:00

• Irena Miholić: Zapuščina Vinka Žganca na razpotju: ohranjanje, dostopnost in znanstvena obravnava / Vinko Žganec’s Legacy at the Crossroads: Preservation, Accessibility, and Scholarly Engagement  

• Anja Serec Hodžar: Digitalizacija Maroltove zapuščine na Glasbenonarodopisnem inštitutu ZRC SAZU / Digitisation of the Marolt Legacy at the ZRC SAZU, Institute of Ethnomusicology 

• Ulrich Morgenstern: Josef Pommer in France Marolt. Dva zunanja vplivneža? / Josef Pommer and France Marolt. Two influential outsiders?

5. sekcija / Session 5: 11:30–13:00

• Ivana Maričić: Opevati nacijo, uglaševati imperij: Od ljudske pesmi do meščanske fantazme glasbenega zgodovinopisja / Singing the Nation, Tuning the Empire: From Volkslied to Bourgeois Fantasy in Music Historiography

• Matĕj Kratochvíl: »Z nacionalnim ponosom in občutkom za internacionalizem v svojih srcih«: Vladimír Karbusický in oblikovanje socialistične etnomuzikologije / “With national pride and a sense of internationalism in their hearts”: Vladimír Karbusický and the forging of socialist ethnomusicology

• Urša Šivic: Boj Franceta Marolta proti nemškemu / Marolt’s Struggle Against German Influence

The conference is part of the applied research project “France Marolt: Digitization of his Legacy and Understanding of his Scholarly and Art Work« (No. L6-4621), which is co-financed from the governmental budget by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency and the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.