Anna Czekanowska-Kuklińska facts for kids

Anna Czekanowska-Kuklińska (born June 25, 1929, in Lwów, died October 18, 2021) was a very important Polish expert in music and culture. She was known as a musicologist (someone who studies music history and theory) and an ethnographer (someone who studies different cultures and their customs). She was also a professor at the University of Warsaw. Her father was Jan Czekanowski, a well-known anthropologist, who studied human societies and cultures.

Anna Czekanowska-Kuklińska used special math and statistics to study folk music. Folk music is traditional music that comes from a specific group of people or a region, often passed down through generations. By using numbers and data, she could find patterns and understand more about how folk music was created and shared.

Her Works

Anna Czekanowska-Kuklińska wrote several important books about her research:

• Etnografia muzyczna (1971) – This book was about music ethnography, which is the study of music within different cultures.
• Ludowe melodie wąskiego zakresu w krajach słowiańskich (1972) – This work focused on folk melodies with a small range of notes in Slavic countries.
• Kultury muzyczne Azji (1981) – This book explored the musical cultures of Asia.