Arti musices, Vol. 44 No. 2, 2013.
Prethodno priopćenje
Hubert Pettan (1912-1989) and Ivan von Zajc (1832-1914). The Contribution of Hubert Pettan to Croatian Music Historiography with Emphasis on His Studies on Ivan von Zajc: On the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Hubert Pettan’s Birth and towards the 100th Anniversary of Ivan Zajc’s Death
Rozina Palić-Jelavić
orcid.org/0000-0001-9661-3298
; Odsjek za povijest hrvatske glazbe HAZU, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The significance and role of Hubert Pettan in his research of Ivan Zajc’s legacy and oeuvre, as well as in his approach to the composer’s activity, are testified to by the author’s contributions, which can be observed within several groups of work: Pettan’s written works on Zajc’s legacy/sources, Zajc’s opus and his activity (Popis skladbi Ivana Zajca; Hrvatska opera: Ivan Zajc, II. /Opere iz doba ravnateljstva, 1870-1889/); and then, Pettan’s contributions as translator (pieces/critiques/reviews connected with Zajc), works relating to the problem area of Zajc’s operatic creativity and his role in the Zagreb Theatre/Opera (Iz prošlosti Zagrebačke opere — a series of texts published in Kronika zavoda za književnost i teatrologiju JAZU; the paper August Šenoa kao operni kritičar); works linked to researching Zajc’s contribution to music education school system development and the musical and organizational aspects of his activity; further, the focus is also on Pettan’s activity as an editor of score editions and/or as an expert adviser (in editions which contain Ivan Zajc’s compositions); followed by Pettan’s contribution to the field of music criticism (referring to Zajc and his compositions); and finally, Pettan’s activity as a writer of a survey of music history and/or review book of music history.
A large majority of Pettan’s written works, being part of the mentioned fields/groups, have certain characteristics of a markedly documentary, chronicler and historian approach, which contained: review and classifying (grouping) sources, lists and descriptions of music notes and other documentary sources by Ivan Zajc and on Zajc, registers of data about Zajc composition (opera) performances, indications of protagonists/performers etc. Pettan’s lists and reviews are manifold and multileveled, which means that many of the data have been multi-repeated and found in different aspects of presentation.
As a profound biographer, documentation specialist and analyst of the material, Pettan had done both primary and also comprehensive and respectable work; although lacking analytical evaluation and scientific interpretation, this work of Pettan’s resulted in indispensable and initial sources of the material, which, in the years to come, became important and a basic starting-point for future sporadic musicologist and music writer efforts in lighting up the themes on Zajc’s life and work. What is more, in Pettan’s meticulous historical work, the most considerable contributions, in fact, are those connected with Zajc, and therefore they could be considered as Hubert Pettan’s life-work.
Ključne riječi
Hubert Pettan; Ivan von Zajc; music historiography; Croatian opera; Zagreb Opera; Zagreb Theatre; music criticism; 19th century
Hrčak ID:
116812
URI
Datum izdavanja:
11.11.2013.
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