Review article
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v19i0.2450
Poems by Dragutin Domjanić Set to Music
Kristina Repar
; Private Catholic grammar school for girls founded by the Sisters of Mercy
Abstract
The 140th anniversary of the birth of the poet Dragutin Domjanić was marked in 2015. Composers Franjo Lučić, Vlaho Paljetak, Božidar Širola and Rudolf Matz set Domjanić’s verses to music, and this paper analyses some of these poems: “Popevka“ [“A Song“], “Kaj” [“What”], “Fala” [“Thank You”], “Popevke sem slagal” [“I Wrote Poems”], “Noć” [“The Night”], “Veter zgorec” [“The Mountain Wind”], “K suncu prosi vsaka roža” [“As Each Rose Stems towards the Sun”], “Snešica” [“A Young Girl”] and “Protuletna” [“A Spring Song”]. “K suncu prosi vsaka roža” [“As Each Rose Stems towards the Sun”], found in the collection “Pjevajte Gospodinu pjesmu novu” [“Sing to the Lord a New Song”] became part of the church liturgy. The poems “Fala” [“Thank You”] and “Kaj” [“What”] are part of the Croatian national heritage and were published in the collection “Tambura u Hrvata” [“Tamburitza in Croatia”]. Domjanić’s poems are extremely colourful, rich in landscape descriptions, and activate all the human senses. In his songs, “kajkavština” (the Kajkavian idiolect) is presented in all its fullness, beauty and luxury. The author’s love for the homeland is especially emphasised in the poem “Kaj” [“What”]. Love for a woman is interwoven with motifs from nature, forming an indivisible unit, while religious motifs are present in the poem “K suncu prosi vsaka roža” [“As Each Rose Stems towards the Sun”].
Keywords
Dragutin Domjanić; Croatian Impressionism; music; poetry; sheet music
Hrčak ID:
184042
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Publication date:
27.4.2017.
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