Arti musices, Vol. 54 No. 1, 2023.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.21857/94kl4clnom
Musica franciscana rediviva: Review of the Current Understanding and Perception of the Musicians of the Franciscan Province of the Most Holy Redeemer from the 18th Century (With Special Att ention to Don Petar Nakić and Fra Petar Knežević OFM)
Mirko Jankov
orcid.org/0000-0002-7193-2089
; Umjetnička akademija u Splitu, Split, Hrvatska
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide a basic overview of the current ways of perceiving the Franciscan musicians of the Franciscan Province of the Most Holy Redeemer in literature, starting from the mid-19th century until today. Following the discourse of the writings of Croatian and European (mostly Italian) scholars (especially musicologists) regarding the elucidation of the names, as well as the biographies, actions and contributions of musicians and members of the Franciscan Province from the 18th century (and partly of those of the older Mother-Province Bosna Srebrena), we can notice the different approaches and gradual increase in insight into the number and achievements of the respective protagonists. Don Petar (formerly Fra Pavao OFM) Nakić (Podgrebača/Bulić nr Benkovac, 1694 – Conegliano, Treviso, 1769) and Fra Petar Knežević OFM (Kapitul nr Knin, 1701 – Sinj, 1768), both known since the second half of the 19th century as the most famous among Franciscan musicians had to wait to be »recognized« and more correctly understood in relation to their musical predecessors, contemporaries and successors. At the same time, recent works on Croatian music history from the 18th century, such as articles, specialized (non-scientific) editions, or historical syntheses/overviews etc., can by no means provide a sufficient overview of them anymore. Future research, which should be continued and intensified, will certainly provide us with answers to some of the questions that are still open, and enable a sharper picture of the facts already known to us.
Keywords
Franciscan Province of the Most Holy Redeemer – Split; Franciscan musicians; 18th century; Franciscan baroque (music); Organ builders; Organ players; Don Petar (ex Fra Pavao OFM) Nakić; Fra Petar (Pavao) Knežević OFM; papers and syntheses of music history
Hrčak ID:
306088
URI
Publication date:
14.7.2023.
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