The first issue of Musicologica Slovaca in 2015 contains two papers on issues of systematic musicology (E. Ferková, Z. Cenkerová), as well as a study of Karol Plicka’s manuscript collection of Slovak folk songs (M. Timková). Material contributions focus on appraisals of personalities: Jozefa Kresánek as ethnomusicologist (H. Urbancová) and the music historian Ernest Zavarský (J. Lengová). A profile of the musicologist Ľuba Ballová (A. Čepec), conference reports and reviews conclude the issue.