Slovakia has an enormous reservoir of folk music.[citation needed] The people of Slovakia tend to designate themselves as the "singing nation".[citation needed] Many musicological studies evidence that Slovak folk music is indigenous and has ancient origins, even in respect to neighbouring ethnic groups. [citation needed] Scientific designations defining Slovakfolk music came from the late 19th century onward and set the foundations for Slovakia's modern history of musicological research. Slovakia's musicological research has its roots in Slovakia's national Renaissance from the 19th century, when many leading Slovakian personalities were beginning to devote themselves to studying folk traditions.
Download recording "Ej lúčka, lúčka široká" Slovak song from the Library of Congress' Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections; performed by Lillian Jakubcin and Emily Mertán on July 31, 1939, in Slavia, Florida
Muzička - a band playing authentic Slovak folk music.