Original scientific paper
From the treasury of secular repertoire of the Pučki pivači Gospe of Otoka choir of Solin: Transcriptions and linguistic-musical analysis of eleven traditional chants (Part Two: Female and Mixed texts)
Mirko Jankov
orcid.org/0000-0002-7193-2089
; Sveučilište u Splitu, Umjetnička akademija, Split, Hrvatska
Abstract
Continuing the previous one, this article deals with the traditional, orally inherited secular
chants of the Pučki pivači male choir of Solin. There are 11 titles, with female and dialogue texts
(male-female, sometimes female-female). The purpose of the paper is to describe the singing
activity, provide concise repertoire analyses, and, especially, show the transcribed chants –
in order to record and present examples of the living practice of three-part folk singing of
secular themes in Solin. It is both the legacy and the main repertoire of one of the traditional
Dalmatian vocal ensembles, still active today, primarily as church singers, retaining the flavour
of its former spontaneity and characteristics of music style. Although some performance contexts as well as the mode of operation of the singers have inevitably changed compared to
earlier times, the today's generation of Pučki pivači, especially their new(er) members, largely
learns the repertoire spontaneously, partly with the help of their music director. This research,
conducted from 2020 to 2022, aims to contributing to an easier and faster assimilation of this
material, as well as creation of new musical recordings of original chants suitable for the klapa
(a cappella) ensemble arrangements. A total of 19 folk secular (klapa) chants, which are still
regularly sung in Solin, were processed. Some of these songs were undoubtedly created in
Solin, while the rest were adopted from another midst but have been preserved in Solin and
may be considered as Solin chants.
Keywords
Solin; Pučki pivači Gospe od Otoka; Folk secular singing; Klapa singing; Music arrangements
Hrčak ID:
322047
URI
Publication date:
18.12.2023.
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