The Role of Macedonian Folk Songs Featured in Macedonian Films in Amplifying the Emotions
Journal
Musicologist
Date Issued
2019-06-30
Author(s)
Stojkova Serafimovska, Velika
DOI
10.33906/musicologist.527269
Abstract
Macedonian folk songs, as a part of Macedonian traditions and culture,
represent an integral part of Macedonian history marked by resistance,
military feats, and tendencies for maintaining the Macedonian national
identity. This paper is focused on the issue of whether two Macedonian folk
songs With Torments I was Born and Listen Patriots created in the course of
the 19th century – a period marked with active struggle for liberation and
independence of the Macedonian nation – additionally intensify the emotions
provoked by the storyline and action of the films, in which they have been
incorporated.
During the research process, the authors of the paper used the mechanism of
cognitive appraisal as a model for content analysis, as well as psychological
and ethnomusicological analysis of the resulting data. The units of content
analysis were the sequences of scenes of the film, in which the two
Macedonian folk songs were used. The selected songs and films, as well as the
interaction between the sound and visual senses, clearly present the deep
relationship between music and emotions in a specific, identity-related
context.
The findings of the study are in favor of the thesis that Macedonian folk songs,
created as a result of the centuries-old struggle of the Macedonian people,
when used in Macedonian films, intensify the patriotic emotions of the
viewers and strengthen the concept of uniqueness in the Macedonian identity,
due to the processes of repetition and revitalization of collective memories.
represent an integral part of Macedonian history marked by resistance,
military feats, and tendencies for maintaining the Macedonian national
identity. This paper is focused on the issue of whether two Macedonian folk
songs With Torments I was Born and Listen Patriots created in the course of
the 19th century – a period marked with active struggle for liberation and
independence of the Macedonian nation – additionally intensify the emotions
provoked by the storyline and action of the films, in which they have been
incorporated.
During the research process, the authors of the paper used the mechanism of
cognitive appraisal as a model for content analysis, as well as psychological
and ethnomusicological analysis of the resulting data. The units of content
analysis were the sequences of scenes of the film, in which the two
Macedonian folk songs were used. The selected songs and films, as well as the
interaction between the sound and visual senses, clearly present the deep
relationship between music and emotions in a specific, identity-related
context.
The findings of the study are in favor of the thesis that Macedonian folk songs,
created as a result of the centuries-old struggle of the Macedonian people,
when used in Macedonian films, intensify the patriotic emotions of the
viewers and strengthen the concept of uniqueness in the Macedonian identity,
due to the processes of repetition and revitalization of collective memories.
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