Hearing and Obedience in Traditional Cultures as a Condition for Transcendent Communication

ethnomusicologist, professor of the University of Warsaw, works at the Institute of Musicology and at the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences (phonographic archives). Book publications: Muzyka ludowa we współczesnym społeczeństwie [Folk music in contemporary society] (Warsaw, 1987); Ludowa praktyka muzyczna w komentarzach i opiniach wykonawców w Polsce [Folk music practice in the comments and opinions of performers in Poland] (Warsaw, 1993); Tradycje muzyczne a ich przemiany. Między kulturą ludową, popularną i elitarną Polski międzywojennej [Musical traditions and their transformations. Between the folk, popular and elite culture of interwar Poland] (Warsaw, 1998); Muzyka Adwentu. Tradycja gry na ligawkach [Music of Advent. The tradition of playing on the wooden horn ligawka] (Warsaw, 2003). He has published over 100 articles, mainly about traditional ethnic music and folk instruments.