Singing out Strange Days
In Slovenia, group singing played an important role in times of political change and crisis. It was deliberately used in times of uncertainty, when there was a greater need for cohesion, such as during the First World War, the Second World War and the Covid-19 pandemic. The songs that were most wide...
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| description | In Slovenia, group singing played an important role in times of political change and crisis. It was deliberately used in times of uncertainty, when there was a greater need for cohesion, such as during the First World War, the Second World War and the Covid-19 pandemic. The songs that were most widely used at a given time reflected the emotional needs and desires of people in precarious situations. With the advent of new technologies, new modalities of group singing, such as singing at a distance and virtual choirs were enabled. During the Covid-19 pandemic lock-down, group singing was realised via online tools, which has a number of limitations. Using three examples from times of uncertainty the specific characteristics of group singing that allow it to thrive in times of crisis are analysed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0a94d3db7ccf4323afd4e9e414c08bf22025-08-20T03:17:19ZengSciendoJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics2228-09872025-06-01191294410.2478/jef-2025-0003Singing out Strange DaysPisk Marjeta01Research Associate, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Ethnomusicology, Novi trg 2, SI-1000Ljubljana, SloveniaIn Slovenia, group singing played an important role in times of political change and crisis. It was deliberately used in times of uncertainty, when there was a greater need for cohesion, such as during the First World War, the Second World War and the Covid-19 pandemic. The songs that were most widely used at a given time reflected the emotional needs and desires of people in precarious situations. With the advent of new technologies, new modalities of group singing, such as singing at a distance and virtual choirs were enabled. During the Covid-19 pandemic lock-down, group singing was realised via online tools, which has a number of limitations. Using three examples from times of uncertainty the specific characteristics of group singing that allow it to thrive in times of crisis are analysed.https://doi.org/10.2478/jef-2025-0003group singingfirst world warsecond world warcovid-19 pandemicvirtual chorus |
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