ABSTRACT
In Europe since the 1950s, significant changes—including festivalization, orientation toward public performance, professionalization, internationalization, institutionalization, and mediazation—have taken place in performance contexts for traditional music. Studio broadcasts where folk musicians and dancers were brought in for live or recorded broadcasts were often conceptualized as entertainment, and the folk music that was performed tended to be in a more contemporary style, with accordion, guitar, and added harmonies. Folk-music performances on radio were mainly designed by folk-music experts with academic training. Live music performances are broadcast and released on records, and many younger performers have learned much of their repertory from documentary records, radio broadcasts, and cassette tapes. In live performances, new combinations of traditional instruments and electronic devices are used in performance of traditional repertoires. In recorded music, there has been a shift from cassettes to compact discs and from live music recorded in festivals and clubs to music recorded and edited in studios.
