Research aims and topics

Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Research aims and topics
Researches in Music History

Study of different branches of liturgical music of medieval Hungary and Europe in the context of cultural history (plainchant, early polyphony, notation)
Preparation of the complete edition of Gregorian antiphons from the territory of medieval Hungary
Publication of Musicalia Danubiana, a series of critical editions of musical sources, originating in Hungary before cca 1820
Preparation and publication of the comprehensive series Music History of Hungary
Documentation of, and research into Béla Bartók's life and work, preparation of the Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition, and of the Thematic Catalogue of Béla Bartók's Musical Works

Edition of the series Collection of Hungarian Folk Music, initiated by Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, which, prospectively, will present the main corpus of the Hungarian folk music material
Development of a computer-aid catalogue system for the complete folk music material recorded and/or transcribed in the period of the past more than 100 years
Systematization of the melodies of the younger layer ('New Style') of Hungarian folk songs
Collection and recording of Hungarian folk music and folk dances in areas still conserving their folcloristic tradition

Researches in computer-aid sound analysis and sound restoration
Computerized (digital) analysis of acoustic characteristics of recorded folk music