From the Earliest Origins to Contemporary Times: The Evolution of Instrumental Folklore in the Silesian Beskids (the Example of Trójwieś)

Abstract

Nowadays, in folk culture, various changes can be observed happening. These are also occurring in the musical folklore of the Silesian Beskids. This region has a rich tradition of developing musical repertoires, performance styles and folk instruments. The guardians of this tradition are musicians, frequently local ones, who pass it on to younger generations. They educate the younger Beskid musicians and ensure that the tradition is kept alive. At the same time, the repertoire and the construction of folk instruments are changing. This is taking place for creative, but also pragmatic and commercial, reasons, including, for example, the use of polycarbonate reeds in the Silesian bagpipe.