Review article
Czech Contributions to the Cultural Life of Bjelovar
Silvija Sitta
; Bjelovar Municipal Museum, Bjelovar, Croatia
Abstract
Czechs are one of the ethnic groups that have been present in the life of the town since its foundation. Czech soldiers, officials, craftsmen, and musicians moved into Bjelovar. The strongest trace Czechs left was in the music sphere, starting from father Hubert Diviš, a creator and organizer of the musical life in Bjelovar, Josef Mazánek, a conductor of the oldest singing society Dvojnice to Josef Bis and Emil Černy, two musicians whose compositions weren’t explored so their entire work cannot be entirely valued. Dr. Josip Vrana, one of the distinguished Slavists, tried to maintain and to promote the Czech language. Today’s presence of Czechs in the cultural life of Bjelovar is being observed mostly through the Czech culturalartistic society Česká obec Bjelovar, established in the year 1920.
Keywords
Czech nationality in Croatia; Czech musicians in Croatia; musical life in Bjelovar; Josip Vrana; Kamilo Dočkal; cultural-artistic societies
Hrčak ID:
31740
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2008.
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