Classification of Hungarian Folksongs [Part 1]

Abstract

The need for a universal classification of folksongs is more urgent today than ever before. Museums and record-archive s are filled with folksong data; the bibliographic material on primitive music and instruments is very large. Due to. the variety of systems underlying the publication of ethnic music, there is a need for a good cross-index classification which would allow for comparison and efficient reference to the various data available and to the investigations that have taken place in different cultures.