Arti musices, Vol. 56 No. 1, 2025.
Prethodno priopćenje
https://doi.org/10.21857/mwo1vcr3ly
Dies irae (Dan od gnjeva and Sudac gnjivan) around Istria: A Contribution to the Glagolitic Chant of Istria and the Croatian Littoral
Ivana Paula Gortan-Carlin
orcid.org/0000-0001-9277-4318
; Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli, Fakultet za odgojne i obrazovne znanosti, Pula, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Glagolitic singing refers to the singing of Glagolitic priests who performed Christian liturgy in the Church Slavonic language of the Croatian redaction, using liturgical books written in the Glagolitic script. In a broader sense, Glagolitic singing refers to all types of singing by priests and laypeople (soloists and groups) transmitted orally, i.e. liturgical, paraliturgical, and other church singing of the Western rite, singing that originated from church singing in the Church Slavonic language and, during the Middle Ages, included several texts in the Croatian vernacular of the period. In addition to elements of Byzantine church singing and Gregorian chant (as well as other forms of Western church singing), Glagolitic chants also incorporated features of the secular vocal folk music from the narrower geographical areas where they developed.
Traces of Glagolitic singing can be found in Istria, the Croatian Littoral, and Dalmatia. This paper examines the sequentie of the Requiem Mass sung in Istria and the Croatian Littoral, Dies irae (The Day of Wrath), and the older version, Sudac Gnjivan (Infuriated Judge), which can be found as Na dan sudnji (On Judgement Day) and Posljednica (Sequence). The paper identifies versions of the texts and presents examples of chants using the methodology of analysis and comparison of published literature, archival material, recorded chants from Medulin, the Old Church Slavonic Institute’s sound library, and field research. The paper offers unpublished transcriptions of the sequence Dan od gnjeva (The Day of Wrath) recorded in Kaštelir, Krnica, Lanišće, Marčana, and Žminj, as well as the chant Sudac gnjivan (Infuriated Judge) from Filipana and Rakalj. This research confirms that in some localities of Istria, such as Filipana, Kaštelir (near Poreč), Krnica, Lanišće, Marčana, Medulin, Rakalj and Žminj, the Old Church Glagolitic singing of the researched hymns Dan od gnjeva (The Day of Wrath) and Sudac gnjivan (Infuriated Judge) is still preserved. The research question regarding the presence of Glagolitic singing in Istria is confirmed, in a broader sense, in the form of old church singing that includes elements of Istrian-Littoral folk materials, such as the Istrian-coastal tonal sequence (Lanišće), various modes (Filipana, Krnica, Rakalj), narrow intervals (Lanišće, Rakalj), untempered singing (Kaštelir, Lanišće), falling glissando (Kaštelir, Krnica), the use of thirds ending in unison (all previously mentioned, especially Lanišće and Medulin), the use of ščavet (ancient Croatian Čakavian language used for liturgical books), and the Čakavian dialect (all previously mentioned, but especially Filipana).
Ključne riječi
Church heritage; Sacred music in Istra; Glagolitic chant; Dies irae; Day of Wrath, Infuriated Judge
Hrčak ID:
334238
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.7.2025.
Posjeta: 164 *