Česká etnomuzikologie na začátku 21. století (poznámky k vývoji oboru)

The contribution includes several remarks on the subject matter of the study of the contemporary Czech ethnomusicology. Some topics and methods are based on the research conducted in the second half of the 20th century: monographical study of singers and musicians, singing skills of the youngest generation, singing in the city with the use of sociological methods.Other methods developed after 1989, e.g. the study of religious songs and their relation to secular songs.The area which has seen remarkable development during the last twenty years is publishing, especially the publication of song editions in printed and audio forms. Interdisciplinary cooperation is also developing, namely cooperation with music studies, history, psychology, literary science or linguistics, especially with regard to the study of ethnic stereotypes, contemporary ethnocultural tradition, liturgical songs or fair traditions.The contemporary research in the field of ethnomusicology goes beyond the area of the so-called “genuine folk songs” and includes various genres belonging to the area of non-artificial music.