Arti musices, Vol. 42 No. 2, 2011.
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"People's Inventiveness is what Counts Most for Me". Composer and Music Collector Ivan Matetić Ronjgov
Lovorka Ruck
; Glazbena škola Ivana Matetića Ronjgova, Rijeka, Hrvatska
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The composer, music collector and musical pedagogue, Ivan Matetić Ronjgov (Ronjgi, Viškovo, 1880 — Lovran, 1960), dedicated his life to research and promotion of the musical folklore of his native land, Istria and the Croatian Littoral. After finishing teacher training college in Kopar he worked as a teacher in numerous places in Istria. In 1919, he emigrated from Istria because of the Italian occupation. From 1919 to 1921, he studied music at the Conservatory of the Croatian Music Institute in Zagreb. From 1921 to 1925, he was a teacher at the grammar school in Sušak, where he founded the Private Music School in 1923. From 1923 to 1939, he was secretary of the Music Academy in Zagreb. He spent the war years in Belgrade. He lectured on musical folklore at the Music Academy in Zagreb from 1945, and lived in Rijeka from 1947, teaching at the Music School of Rijeka until 1951. Already as a young teacher Matetić set a goal for himself: to preserve from decline the folk music of Istria and the Littoral and to find ways to utilize it in the art of music. After research in Istrian and Littoral folk music, Matetić laid down the theoretical basis of Istrian-Littoral folk music and established the so-called Istrian scale. The results were published in the Sv. Cecilija [St Cecilia] periodical in 1925 and in 1926 (articles O istarskoj ljestvici [On the Istrian Scale], O bilježenju istarskih starinskih popijevki [On the Notation of Istrian Chants], Joπ o bilježenju istarskih popijevki [More on the Notation of Istrian Chants]). Matetić’s legacy is stored at the Ivan Matetić Ronjgov Institution, i.e. the Ivan Matetić Ronjgov Memorial Home in Ronjgi, Viškovo near Rijeka. He composed on the basis of his so-called Istrian scale. His opus contains solo chants (Uspavanka [Lullaby], Moja zemja [My Country], Galijotova pesan [The Galley-Slave’s Song]), duets, choir compositions (arrangements and original compositions like Črčak [The Cricket], Pod Učkun [At the Foot of Učka], Pjesma slobodi [Song of Freedom]), piano miniatures (Tičji pir [Bird’s Feast], Uspavanka [Lullaby]) and the čakavsko-primorska pjevanka [Chakavian-Littoral Song Book, a collection of 128 two-part songs for children]). His chorus compositions make up the larger part of his opus, among which the most significant are Ćaće moj [My Papa], Roženice, Naš kanat je lip [Our chant is lovely], Malo mantinjade v Rike na palade [Ode on the Rijeka’s boardwalk], Mantinjada domaćemu kraju [Ode to our homeland], Na mamin grobak [Beside Mama’s grave]. His compositions demonstrated the value of the musical idioms of his native land, and proved that those who wanted to follow up on the basis of folk musical treasure could start new routes. Ivan Matetić Ronjgov was the first composer featuring Istro-Littoral musical idiom in vocal music.
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