Istraživanje cjelovitoga znanstvenoga i umjetničkoga opusa Nikole Buble temelji se na dva osnovna obilježja njegova stvaralaštva: (1) znanstveni „pečat“ autora koji se eksplicira u nevjerojatnoj širini, bogatstvu i raznolikosti učinjenoga i postignutoga, te (2) umjetnička kreativnost utemeljena na tradiciji, koju je vrlo uspješno kontekstualizirao. Monografskom obradom i interpretacijom opusa i aktivnoga djelovanja u razdoblju od 70-ih godina XX. stoljeća do sredine drugoga desetljeća u trećem mileniju, istraživali smo značajnu ulogu Nikole Buble u povijesti hrvatske etnomuzikologije s kraja XX. i na početku XXI. stoljeća. Rad je elaborirao autorov značajan doprinos u formuliranju bitnih obilježja etnomuzikologije u Hrvatskoj, i to prvenstveno u Dalmaciji. Time se konstruirala i obogatila povijest hrvatske etnomuzikologije, pošto se u radu u cjelini istraživački obrađuje i analizira ukupan stvaralački rad Nikole Buble. U tom opusu autor se prepoznaje i potvrđuje kao dosljedan predstavnik suvremene etnomuzikologije. Unatoč iznimno bogatoj biografiji i originalnome (etno)muzikološkom radu koji su prepoznati kao prekretnica hrvatske etnomuzikologije, opus autora Buble nije do sada bio cjelovito proučavan i valoriziran. Stoga je u ovom radu ostvaren iscrpan uvid u život i djelo Nikole Buble, uz ekspliciranje njegovog značajnog i upečatljivog mjesta u povijesti hrvatske suvremene etnomuzikologije odnosno glazbene umjetnosti i znanosti.Research of Nikola Buble's complete scientific and artistic work is based on two main features of his creativity: (1) author's strong scientific „signature“ being explained in the incredible wideness and richness through variety of his work and achievements and (2) artistic creativity based on tradition that prof. Buble contextualized very successfully. Using monographic analysis and interpretation of complete creative opus as well as the active work of prof. Buble in the period from the 70's of the XX. century to the middle of second decade in the third millennium the author's important role in history of Ethnomusicology in Croatia at the end of XX. and beginning of XXI. century is being researched. Work is also elaborating the author's significant contribution to formulating the settings in Croatian Ethnomusicology, mainly in Dalmatian region. History of Croatian Ehtnomusicology is being contributed and completed by N. Buble's creative work as whole being paper researched and analysed in this work. This was to establishe as well enriche the history of Croatian Ethnomusicology, as this work is bringing reasearched analyses of the whole Nikola Buble's creative work. Throught this work the author is being recognised an established as valuable representative of the contemporaray ethnomusicology. Regardless the extrodinary rich author's biography and original ethnomusicological work that are recognised as the turning point for the Croatian Ethnomusicology, the work of Nicola Buble has not being studied, researched and validated as a whole to this date. Therefore, this work is offering the complete picture to life and work of Nikola Buble as well as is enlightening his important and significant role in history of Croatian contemperary Ethnomusicology and music art and since as the whole
