The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 signaled the onset of tumultuous political, economic, and social reforms throughout Eastern Europe. In Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the Soviet Union these changes were linked to the activities and philosophies of political figures such as Vaclav Havel, Lech Walesa, and Mikhail Gorbachev. In Bulgaria, however, these changes were first heralded and even facilitated by particular musicians and shifting musical styles. Based on fieldwork conducted between 1988 and 1996 with professional Bulgarian folk musicians, Donna A. Buchanan's "Performing""Democracy"...
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 signaled the onset of tumultuous political, economic, and social reforms throughout Eastern Europe. In Czechoslova...
![Performing Democracy: Bulgarian Music and Musicians in Transition [With CD] Donna A. Buchanan 9780226078267 University of Chicago Press](/9780226078267_performing_democracy_bulgarian_music_and_musicians_in_transition_with_cd_audio.jpg "Performing Democracy: Bulgarian Music and Musicians in Transition [With CD]")
