The problem of interrelations between cultural diplomacy and national cultural policies in the field of music: Experiences from the socialist Yugoslavia as a possible yardstick

This paper will examine in detail the discepancy between the phenomenon of decline of popularity of the choral amateurism that started in the mid-1950s and its rising prestige in the cultural diplomacy of the socialist Yugoslavia. Taking into consideration, on the one hand, the different phases of development of this practice after WW2 followed with various measures of the creators of Yugoslav cultural policies meant at its revitalization and expansion, and, on the other hand, strenghtening of its role and standing in the bilateral cultural exchanges in this period, we will try to point out the following: 1) how important the congruence between cultural diplomacy and national cultural policies (and politics) is, and 2) whether the focus on the different parts of the field of music is also fruitful for the cultural diplomacy.