Arti musices, Vol. 48 No. 1, 2017.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.21857/ydkx2c3eq9
Ivan Zajc's Bulgarian Songs
Stefanka Georgieva
orcid.org/0000-0001-6229-0160
; Tračko sveučilište, Pedagoški fakultet, Stara Zagora, Bugarska
Sažetak
On the basis of newly discovered historiographic documents, this study traces the »biography« of Ivan Zajc’s Bulgarian songs. It specifies some disputed details with regard to the numbering and structure of two vocal cycles; it submits a transcript of a music sheet of the song Robstvo (The Yoke, op. 843a) and the original of an unknown composition Majko kleta (Poor Mother) on the verses of the Bulgarian poet Ivan Vazov which has not been registered by Hubert Pettan in Zajc’s catalogue of works.
This exploration, together with the historiographic focus, highlights the connection of these opuses with the Bulgarian poetry which gained wide popularity through the anthology Bulgarian Songs by August Harambašić. Indeed, some details which Zajc indicated on the title pages of his scores, lead to this assumption. At the same time, the spread of the songs in Bulgaria indicates the connection of the Croatian composer with Bulgarian musicians, choral societies, schools etc., as a result of which in the first decade of the 20th century Zagreb’s Hrvatski glazbeni zavod became an attractive educational centre for many young Bulgarian people.
Ivan Zajc’s Bulgarian Songs have not only enriched the artistic repertoire of Bulgarian choral societies. They outline one of the lines of active multicultural transfer between Bulgaria and Croatia on the border between the last decades of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. The melodies of his marches, creating the spirit of the struggles for national liberation of Bulgarian nation, have become part of the newly created national musical culture and have been often accepted as Bulgarian in their origin.
Ključne riječi
Ivan Zajc; Bulgaria; Ivan Vazov; Bulgarian songs
Hrčak ID:
185332
URI
Datum izdavanja:
28.7.2017.
Posjeta: 3.004 *