1994.

Konferences par godu Krišjāņa Barona dzimšanas dienai 31. oktobrī iedibinājās jau 80. gadu sākumā. 1994. gadā, sagaidot "Latvju Dainu" pirmās burtnīcas simtgadi, tika nolemts sarīkot patiešām plaši starptautisku konferenci, kas būtu veltīta folklorai un folkloras publicējumiem. Konference ar anglisko nosaukumu Folksong: Text and Voice notika 1994. gada 20.-24. septembrī Lielupē, toreizējā Zinātņu akadēmijas kompleksā, konferencē piedalījās referenti no Latvijas, Igaunijas, Lietuvas, Krievijas, Ungārijas, Somijas, Zviedrijas, Norvēģijas, Vācijas, ASV un Kanādas (arī pašreizējā Latvijas prezidente Vaira Vīķe Freiberga). Konference tika saistīta arī ar Johana Gotfrīda Herdera 250. jubileju un Jurjānu Andreja "Latviešu tautas mūzikas materiālu" iznākšanas simtgadi.

Konferences programma bija šāda:

Trešdiena, 21. septembris
9.30-13.00 OPENING SESSION 1 (Chair: Viktors Hausmanis)
1. Viktors Hausmanis (Riga). Opening Address.
2. Jadviga Darbiniece (Riga). "Latvju dainas" in the Course of a Century. 
3. Wilhelm Schmid (Berlin). Die Idee des Nationalen bei Herder
4. William A. Wilson (Provo). Herder, Nationalism, and the Challenge for Future
5. Kristin Kuutma (Tallinn). Cultural Identity, Nationalism and Changes in Singing Traditions
6. Velle Espeland (Oslo). Draumkvedet. From Fragments of a Folksong to a National Heirloom
7. Anneli Asplund (Helsinki). Forbidden Songs- Song Tradition Change and Identity in Ingria Today
14.00-17.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION 1.1 (Chair: Magdalene Huelmann)
1. Dace Bula (Riga). Latvian Folksongs on the Stage of National Ideology
2. Kostas Aleksynas (Vilnius). The After-effects of an Unobjective Standpoint on Folklore
3. Igors Šuvajevs (Rīga). Was geht uns Lettland an?
4. Dagmāra Beitnere (Rīga). Das Erbe der Volkskunde und eines von Paradigmen des Nationalismus - dievturība
5. Aldis Pūtelis (Riga). The Sacred Songs: "Latvju dainas" as the Basis for a Religion
SESSION 1.2 (Chair: Velta Rūķe-Draviņa)
1. Mārīte Vīksna (Riga). The Common Effort. Learning About the Contributors of "Latvju dainas"
2. Harijs Sūna (Riga). Die choreographische Folklore in "Latvju dainas"
3. Rita Drīzule (Riga). Ähnliche und unterschiedliche Gestalten und Motive bei Hochzeitsliedern der Waisen in lettischer und litauischer Folklore

Ceturtdiena, 22.
septembris
9.30-13.00 PLENARY SESSION 2 (Chair William A. Wilson)
1. Imola Küllos (Budapest). A New Aspect and Trend in the Hungarian Folkpoetry Research
2. Lauri Harvilahti (Helsinki). An Eye for the Poetic "I" - the Reappraisal of 19th Century Folklore Collections
3. Lujza Mihaltzne Tari (Budapest). Die Zusammenhänge von Musik und Text in 'Volkslieder Sammlungen' Manuskripten des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts
4. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (Montreal). Similarity and Contrast as Structuring Principles in Longer Latvian Folksongs
5. Jukka Saarinen (Helsinki).Variation, Situation and Meaning in Finnish-Karelian Epic Poetry
6. Skaidrīte Lasmane (Riga). The Semantics of Self-image in Latvian Folksongs
13.45-16.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION 2.1 (Chair: Lauri Harvilahti)
1. Edward Y. Alexeyev (Moscow). Methodological Paradigms of Studying the Textual and Extratextual in Folk Singing
2. Yelena V. Minyonok (Moscow). Videorecording of Folksongs
3. Mare Koiva (Tartu). An Experiment with Magic Spells
4. Edwin S. Ivsins (Toronto). Word by Mouth, Word by Radio
5. Taive Särg (Tartu). How to Perform a Runo Song?
SESSION 2.2 (Chair: Imants Freibergs)
1. Antons Breidaks (Riga). Some Archaic Morphologic Features in the Folksongs from Latgale
2. Beatrise Reidzane (Riga). The Verbal Aspect of Movement in Latvian Nursing Songs
3. Iveta Politere (Riga). 'Vogelsprachen' in der lettischen Folklore. Gattungsprobleme
4. Valdis Zeps (Madison). Latvian Folk Dactyl
SESSION 2.3 (Chair: Zaiga Sneibe)
1. Daiva Račiūnaitė-Vyčinienė (Vilnius). Wiederherstellung der Traditionen der Ausführung von litauischen polyphonischen Liedern Sutartinės
2. Andrejs Krūmiņš (Riga). Die rhythmische Notierung un der reale Klang der Volksmelodien des Rezitieren-Typus
3. Austė Nakienė (Vilnius). Lithuanian Recitatival Melodies and their Parallels

Piektdiena, 23.
septembris
PLENARY SESSION 3 (Chair: Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga)

1. Friedrich Scholz (Münster) Herders Auffassung Volkslieds und der Literatur und die Geschichte der Lettischen Literatur (vorgeträgt von Magdalene Huelmann)
2. Hugues J. de Dianoux (Paris) Michel Jonval and the interest for the Latvian Folklore and Folksongs in France
3. Ildikó Kríza (Budapest). Hungarian Funeral Song in Rural Tradition
4. Žemyna Trinkunaite (Vilnius). Concept of Death and its Expression in Lithuanian Folksongs
5. Guntis Pakalns (Riga). Volkslieder in den Beileidsanzeigen im lettischen Bezirkszeitungen
6. Baiba Meistere (Riga). Folksong as an Album Rhyme in Pupils' Folklore
13.45-17.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS
SESSION 3.1 (Chair: Imola Küllôs)
1. Kristi Salve (Tartu). Songs about Song from the Aspect of Baltic - Balto-Finnic Relations
2. Vilis Bendorfs (Riga). Die Musik in der Volkliedertextesammlung "Latvju dainas"
3. Triinu Ojamaa (Tartu). Nganasan Concept of Musical Sound
4. Zaiga Sneibe (Riga). Changing World, Changing Sounds. The Persistence of Latvian Traditional Singing Style
5. Anu Vissel (Tartu). Stability and Variation in the Estonian Herding Vocalises (helletus)
6. Baiba Putniņa (Riga). Refrain in den lettischen Volksliedem
SESSION 3.2 (Chair: Beatrise Reidzāne)
1. Velta Rūķe-Draviņa (Stockholm). Die"Latvju Dainas" von Krisjanis Barons als Spiegel der lettischen Sprache des 19. Jahrhunderts
2. Imants Freibergs (Montreal). HyperText Methods Applied to Folk Song Retrieval
3. Silvija Kokina (Riga). The Computerized Data Base of "Latvju dainas". Problems and Results
4. Maija Baltiņa (Riga). Text, Form and Canon

Sestdiena, 24. septembris
10.00-11.00 FINAL DISCUSSION (Chair: Kārlis Arājs, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga)