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Thinking global and sounding local: the case of Kajkavian repertoire in the production of Edison bell Penkala in the 1920s and 1930s

This paper presents initial findings in the research on the status of Kajkavian repertoire primarily in the production of Edison Bell Penkala. This Zagreb-based record company active from 1927 and into the 1930s engaged local authors and performers since its very beginnings. A significant part of this production consisted of repertoire in the Kajkavian, dialect group of Croatian language which was from the mid-19th century an arena of debates on local versus ethno- national affiliations, related also to the issues of standardization of language. Considering particularly the matter of locality which arose as a key concept for interpreting the underpinnings of the record industry of the time, I aim to delineate the status of Kajkavian repertoire within the company’s overall production, as well as its consequences for the formation of representative regional repertoire.

record industry, localization, Edison Bell Penkala, shellac records, Kajkavian, kajkavska popevka

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