Arti musices, Vol. 46 No. 1, 2015.
Preliminary communication
Tracing Pula’s Musical Autonomy — Creators of the Pula Musical Identity in the First Half of the 20th Century: Maria Polla-Puecher, Romeo Endrigo And Rudolf Župan
Lada Duraković
; Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli, Odjel za glazbu, Pula, Croatia
Abstract
Many musicians who, after leaving their birthplace, built their careers in important European music centres, started their artistic growth in Pula. Their names and working biographies, into which numerous performances on renowned international concert and opera stages were recorded, are completely unknown today to the public. This article is based on newspaper and archival materials of the first half of the 20th century and it investigates the work of three singers born in Pula: the female soprano Marija Polla-Puecher (1893-1993), the tenor Romeo Endrigo (1895-1939) and the baritone Rudolf Župan (1905-1976). They started their lives and musical paths in the times of the Austro-Hungarian government, continuing them in the inter-war period when Pula was under Italian authority, and the Anglo-American military arbitration (Župan). After leaving Pula, which was not an appropriate place for developing their careers, they continued their studies in Italy (Milan) and performed on numerous world-known opera stages. This paper reconstructs the flow-chart of performances in their town of birth and gives answers to questions about the circumstances in which the three artists were raised, about the extent to which life in the province was a stimulus to their music education and growth, whether they performed in their town of birth and under what conditions, and how they were accepted by the public and musical criticism. Their international work has not been studied as yet, although the materials testifying to their work are kept in foreign archives (for example, in Trieste), while newspapers throughout the world wrote about their numerous successful performances.
Keywords
music; Pula; 20th century; Marija Polla-Puecher; Romeo Endrigo; Rudolf Župan (Rodolfo Suppan, Rodolfo Zuppan); opera; concert
Hrčak ID:
143652
URI
Publication date:
30.5.2015.
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