A Comprehensive Study of the the 19th-Century Concept of "Gypsy Music" as "Hungarian Music"

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370104
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Aesthetics and studies on art
• Research Institution: Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
• Principal Investigator: Ota Mineo 宮城学院女子大学, 学芸学部, 准教授 (00533952)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ハンガリー音楽 / ナショナリズム / ジプシー音楽 / ヴァイオリン / ツィンバロム / リスト・フェレンツ / ヨーゼフ・ヨアヒム / 二重君主国

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A survey of the activities of Romani musicians revealed that favorable comments of representative composers and virtuosi (such as Liszt and Joachim) on this music played an important role in the formation of the 19th-century concept of "Gypsy music" as "Hungarian music". Furthermore, Romani musicians could have influenced virtuosi of art music of the day as a comparative study of early recordings made by "Gypsy musicians" and those by violin virtuosi. These findings resulted in several papers, especially in the one on the relationship between Joseph Joachim and Romani musicians, which was read at the international conference in 2016, and in another on Liszt's views of "Gypsy music" .

Free Research Field

美学・芸術諸学