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visits of vienna choral societies to sarajevo – an occasion for redefining ...
Albini besides those typical of Liedertafelstil. Furthermore, they began to
strive to perform longer pieces such as operettas and oratorios, which is
particularly true of the societies “Trebević” and “Männergesangverein.”
Thus, it can be claimed that a kind of musical climax in the work of “Män-
nergesangverein,” whose work was the most affected by visits of the “guests
from Vienna” included the performances of the spiritual piece Stabat Ma
ter (1906) by Gioachino Rossini and Mass in C major by Charles Gounod,
which the society performed within the celebration of His Majesty Franz
Joseph’s birthday.55
Finally, it can be summarized that societies such as “Gesangverein Ös-
terreichischer Eisenbahnbeamter” and “Schubertbund” enjoyed a strong
support by the top political officials of Austro-Hungarian Bosnia and Her-
zegovina. For this reason, they were the ideal example of the idea of associ-
ation, and the local authorities hoped that it would be applied by the local
national societies as well. Still, it turned out that repertoire choices of the
“guests from Vienna” were far closer to the societies of international char-
acter such as “Mannergesangverein”, which made a true step ahead to high-
er-quality and richer musical program after the visits. The other Sarajevo
societies, “Sloga”, “Trebević” and “La Lira” mostly continued their estab-
lished musical practice, based on the composers of their national corpus.
However, the positive trace of the visits was reflected in the adopted proto-
col of the visits, which began to be used during the visit of Croatian choral
society “Kolo”, Dubrovnik choral society “Gundulić”, Belgrade choral soci-
ety and Academic choral society “Obilić”. These societies, as well as many
others, began to regularly visit Sarajevo after 1892, including it on their map
of singing troupes and ensembles’ tours.
Bibliography
Archival sources
Anon. “Sarajevo – Čaršija.” Europeana. University of Graz, Austria. https://
www.europeana.eu/item/09403/o_vase_2136_CHO.
Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fond Društva.
Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Zakon o ustavnim uredbama za Bosnu
i Hercegovinu,” 1910, p. 51.
55 Anon., “Previšnji dan rogjenja (Mali vjesnik),” Sarajevski list, no. 99 (20 August
1902): 1–2.
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Albini besides those typical of Liedertafelstil. Furthermore, they began to
strive to perform longer pieces such as operettas and oratorios, which is
particularly true of the societies “Trebević” and “Männergesangverein.”
Thus, it can be claimed that a kind of musical climax in the work of “Män-
nergesangverein,” whose work was the most affected by visits of the “guests
from Vienna” included the performances of the spiritual piece Stabat Ma
ter (1906) by Gioachino Rossini and Mass in C major by Charles Gounod,
which the society performed within the celebration of His Majesty Franz
Joseph’s birthday.55
Finally, it can be summarized that societies such as “Gesangverein Ös-
terreichischer Eisenbahnbeamter” and “Schubertbund” enjoyed a strong
support by the top political officials of Austro-Hungarian Bosnia and Her-
zegovina. For this reason, they were the ideal example of the idea of associ-
ation, and the local authorities hoped that it would be applied by the local
national societies as well. Still, it turned out that repertoire choices of the
“guests from Vienna” were far closer to the societies of international char-
acter such as “Mannergesangverein”, which made a true step ahead to high-
er-quality and richer musical program after the visits. The other Sarajevo
societies, “Sloga”, “Trebević” and “La Lira” mostly continued their estab-
lished musical practice, based on the composers of their national corpus.
However, the positive trace of the visits was reflected in the adopted proto-
col of the visits, which began to be used during the visit of Croatian choral
society “Kolo”, Dubrovnik choral society “Gundulić”, Belgrade choral soci-
ety and Academic choral society “Obilić”. These societies, as well as many
others, began to regularly visit Sarajevo after 1892, including it on their map
of singing troupes and ensembles’ tours.
Bibliography
Archival sources
Anon. “Sarajevo – Čaršija.” Europeana. University of Graz, Austria. https://
www.europeana.eu/item/09403/o_vase_2136_CHO.
Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fond Društva.
Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Zakon o ustavnim uredbama za Bosnu
i Hercegovinu,” 1910, p. 51.
55 Anon., “Previšnji dan rogjenja (Mali vjesnik),” Sarajevski list, no. 99 (20 August
1902): 1–2.
159
