Music/Folklore paper by Lengyel, Emese
Viennese-Hungarian Operetta and its Dance Music (Accepted)
Type of Abstract (select):Abstract (max. 250 words):
It is well-known that Viennese-Hungarian operetta was one of the most popular musical-dramatic productions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its musical structure had included different types of dance music. Furthermore, the music could reflect on the ethnical and cultural variety of the Empire. That type of reflection had represented the ideological contrast between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary. Although in the history of the genre, the connection between dance music and politics had started when the structure and the functions of French operetta have been inventing by composer Jacques Offenbach and his contemporaries in the 1850s, and the Viennese-Hungarian composers had followed that pattern. The presentation tries to investigate the roles of the dance music in a historical perspective among the structure of Viennese-Hungarian operettas.
Brief Professional Bio (max. 100 words):
Emese Lengyel holds a BA degree in the field of Communication and Media, and studies Ethnology and Folkloristics at University of Debrecen (Hungary). Her research interest includes 20th-century Viennese and Hungarian operetta, specifically its music and dance. She also investigates 19th-and 20th-century Hungarian comic opera and folk drama. She has received the New National Excellence Program’s research scholarship three times (2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020). She is a member of University of Debrecen Talent Management Program (DETEP), Imre Bán College for Advanced Studies in Cultural Studies, and István Hatvani College for Advanced Studies.