Performing Democracy

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Notes on Transliteration and Pronunciation
Part I - Socialist Culture in Transition
1. Transits
2. "Going as Guests": Ethnography and Commensality under Socialism
3. From the Square to the Stage: Musical Life through the 1940s
4. The "Folkloric Philharmonia": Building Professional Ensembles and Orchestras
5. Writing Nationalism, Rewriting Tradition: Politics, Professionalism, and Music Composition
Part II - Nationalist Narratives: Marketing Bulgarian Identities through Folk Ensemble Tableaus
6. "Cutting the National Crystal": The "Koutev Line"
7. A Pirin Spectacle
8. Legendary Rodopa: Cradle of Orpheus
9. Thracian Tales
Part III - Ethnography and Antistructure
10. Balkana and Le mystère des voix bulgares
11. "Tell Me How a Pepper Is Planted": Song as Social History
12. Democracy or "Crazy-ocracy"? Musical Interpretations
Glossary
Discography
References
Index