AUTHORS

INTRODUCTION

I. SOCIOCULTURAL REALITY AND PRESENT-DAY BERTSOLARITZA

II. ACHIEVING A BALANCE AMONGST THE CHALLENGES FACING BERTSOLARITZA: KEYS TO THE CREATIVITY OF THE TRADITION

1. Some revealing features

2. What does the bertsolari sing?

3. Achieving a balance amongst the challenges. What are roots for?

4. Three keys for development

4.1. Attitudes of self-confidence

4.2. Transmission from generation to generation

4.3. Organisational self-management: Bertsozale Elkartea

III. THE PROCESS OF CREATING IMPROVISED BERTSOS

IV. PROPOSALS FOR A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

V. GLOSSARY

4 Three keys for development

How can we continue to develop what is the essence of bertsolaritza —an expression of improvised singing— within the mass culture of the XXI century? How does one maintain, adapt and improve on its social acceptance and its cultural, intellectual and entertainment value in Basque society?
The bertsolaritza movement is looking for and experimenting with the answers. Perhaps some of the keys along the road already taken can be highlighted. In the three following sections we will examine three distinct elements in the development of bertsolaritza in the current socio-cultural context:

. attitudes of self-confidence
. determination in transmission from generation to generation
. organisational self-management