http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/58188 Sat, 25 May 2013 15:54:42 GMT 2013-05-25T15:54:42Z http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu:80/bitstream/id/211233/music_school_logo.png http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/58188 http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/94165 "Neroztavili se": cimbál a asimilace české minority v texasu Johnston, Jesse A. Ethnomusicologists have often viewed music as a marker of cultural identity. Music also has a more active role, however, in the hands of musicians, listeners, and dancers, to recreate, redefine, and fashion elements of new identities. This article explores this tension by introducing the cimbalom, an instrument familiar to many (at least in central Europe) in an unfamiliar setting. The article presents historical and archival research about the survival of the cimbalom and its use among Czech immigrants to Texas in the United States. Commonly described in Texas as a "dulcimer," the instrument's use in Texas is widely remarked upon in Texas museums and heritage documents, but it is not widely known outside the small Czech heritage communities Texas. A particular focus is placed on the heritage of the "Baca Band," a longstanding family musical group that built and maintained the cimbalom in the town of Fayetteville, Texas. The article focuses on two main aspects of the instrument's significance to Czech immigrants in Texas: the tension between the maintenance of cultural traditions and the creation of new ones, and the role of the instrument in the resurgence of ethnic awareness in the United States of the late twentieth century. In addition, the article contributes to research on old­time ethnic music, the history of recording of ethnic music in the United States, and the use of archival sources to investigate music in community life. Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/94165 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93806 The Gilbert and Sullivan Lexicon Benford, Harry Third Edition, with foreward by Kenneth Sandford and illustrations by Geoffrey Shovelton Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93806 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93805 A Pudding Full of Plums: The University of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society's First Fifty Years Benford, Harry Revised edition Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93805 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/89425 Performing Českost (Czechness): Polka Music and Musical Ethnicity at Wisconsin Czech-American Festivals Johnston, Jesse A. The article reports on the significance of polka music at Czech-American festivals in Wisconsin. Data is presented from observations at Czech-American community festivals in Wisconsin during the summer of 2003. Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/89425 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z