Music – Dance – Song

Written by Pavel Zelenay—performer, composer, editor, journalist, and co-founder and long-serving member of the Popular Music Department of Slovak Radio—and Ladislav Šoltýs, a prominent organiser of musical life in Slovakia, this publication continues the series devoted to the so-called "other musical genres." It is the first book to offer a systematic history of Slovak popular music, focusing not only on individual personalities but on the development of the genre as a whole.

With its broad scope and original conception, the volume fills a gap normally occupied by collective scholarly studies in the arts. Rich in facts, insights, and documentary material, it is destined to remain both a key reference work and a source of inspiration for future research into the history of Slovak popular music, one of the most widespread cultural phenomena of the modern era.

The book is intended not only for enthusiasts of popular music but also for readers interested in the history of musical life in Slovakia and its wider social and historical context. The authors present popular music as a multifaceted genre with numerous connections to other areas of musical culture, making it a subject of interest for musicologists and cultural theorists alike.

A unique supplement to the volume is the accompanying CD, Discography, compiled by Pavel Zelenay, which catalogues Slovak popular songs recorded on gramophone records between 1934 and 1970.