Niektóre aspekty tradycyjnej kultury muzycznej mniejszości polskiej na Grodzieńszczyźnie

The article is devoted to the issues of the traditional musical culture of Poles living in the western part of the Republic of Belarus, in Grodno region. Based on the analysis of the reper-toire recorded during her own field research, the author distinguishes the most important of her musical characteristics. The musical culture of the studied community is captured from the per-spective of the remembered repertoire and currently practiced. Part of the traditional repertoire with its depositaries goes to the world of the past, while the surrounding reality determines the functioning of the musical culture and the forms of its presentation