Arti musices, Vol. 53 No. 1, 2022.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.21857/yvjrdcvzwy
From the Correspondence of Antun Dobronić (1878-1955): Contribution to Biography
Andrea Rakitić
orcid.org/0000-0002-2857-5282
; Glazbena škola Franje Kuhača, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
The correspondence of Antun Dobronić in the National and University Library in Zagreb is a source for a multitude of data on the life and work of this composer and the state of Croatian music in the first half of the 20th century. Listing, cataloguing, and analysis of 792 units of material from the first two boxes of correspondence, covering the period from 1887 to 1929, resulted in the emergence of new details on the life of Dobronić and his work in composition. This data enables us to supplement already known facts and look at them from a new perspective, and they also present some lesser-known aspects of his work, such as his work on the general history of music, organizing performances of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes for the international music exhibition Musik in Leben der Völker in Frankfurt, and the contribution by Dobronić to the Cecilian movement in Croatia. The letters also contain descriptions, comments, and reviews on the work of composers, concert life, as well as publishing and publicist work in Croatia and are, therefore, a contribution to the reconstruction of the history of Croatian music in the first half of the 20th century.
Keywords
Antun Dobronić; correspondence; National and University Library; composing; Cecilian movement; music publishing; journalism; history of music; Musik in Leben der Völker exhibition in Frankfurt 1927
Hrčak ID:
280385
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Publication date:
14.7.2022.
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