Az összehasonlító népzenetudomány tündöklése és lehanyatlása

Comparative musicology, a discipline that took root at the beginning of the 20th century had a great impact on the study of folk music in the 1950s and could reinforce the links between folk music and music history research. The works of Walter Wiora played an important role in the process, but Hungarian researchers, such as Zoltán Kodály, Bence Szabolcsi, Benjamin Rajeczky, Lajos Vargyas and others have also contributed to this synthesis. The promising developments came to a halt after the 1970s. This article investigates the reasons of this "rise and fall". [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]