Vladimir R. Djordjevic’s contribution to the development of ethnoorganology

Abstract

In the versatile musical activity of Vladimir R. Djordjevic at the turn of the 20 century, his research work on collecting primarily traditional Serbian melodies, the smaller portion of which refers to instrumental music expression, is of particular interest. Beside this, his pioneering effort in the research of the folk instrumentarium, which in the overall methodological concept had no role models in the work of earlier and contemporary folklorists, yielded significant results in the area of ethnoorganography and organophony, collecting folklore material and melographic work, applied research methods (direct ? in the field, and indirect ? through surveys), as well as unique museological activity. Such overall contributions qualify him as our most important enthusiast in the area of ethnoorganology prior to the second half of the 20th century.