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glasbena društva v dolgem 19. stoletju: med ljubiteljsko in profesionalno kulturo
With the help of contributions from domestic and foreign researchers,
this sixth monograph in the series Studia musicologica Labacensia sheds
light on the activities of comparable musical institutions in Slovenia and
abroad. The focus is on the relationship between amateur and profession-
al culture, which decisively shaped institutional musical life in the long 19th
century not only in this country but also elsewhere. Friedhelm Brusniak
(Würzburg) presents the outstanding importance of one of the main Ger-
man choral societies, the Deutscher Sängerbund (DSB), founded in Coburg
in 1862, while Hartmut Krones (Vienna) discusses the political differences
between ‘left-wing’ and ‘right-wing’ amateur choirs and their political goals
in the 19th century. Helmut Loos (Leipzig) concludes his series of articles on
the cultural and political importance of German male choirs with his con-
tribution on the dissemination of choral music in German-speaking coun-
tries in the 19th century.
The contributions of the Ukrainian colleague Luba Kijanovska (Lviv)
and the Polish colleagues Teresa Mazepa (Rzeszów) and Mirosław Dymon
(Rzeszów), Danutė Petrauskaitė (Vilnius) and Michal Ščepán (Bratisla-
va) deal with questions of national identification, which the now strongly
transnational cultural environment of Central and Eastern Europe faced in
the second half of the 19th century. The contributions by Lana Šehović (Sa-
rajevo) and Nada Bezić (Zagreb) deal with some of the central music soci-
eties in Sarajevo and Zagreb. In particular, the choral society Kolo main-
tains close relations with Glasbena matica Ljubljana. This Zagreb society is
thus also found among the 20 founding members, consisting of Slovenian
politicians, musicians, and other patriots. The close connections between
the Slavic societies of that time are in the foreground of the interest of Vik-
tor Velek (Ostrava), who in his article highlights the activities of Matej Hu-
bad in the context of the musical life of the Slavic societies in Vienna. The
international context of societies’ activities is complemented by vivid de-
scriptions in the articles by Niall O’Loughlin (Loughborough) and Wolf-
gang Marx (Dublin), who explain the context of societies’ activities in Lon-
don and Ireland.
The second part of the monograph deals with the activities of the so-
cieties in Slovenia, in particular the activities of Glasbena matica Ljublja
na. Katja Škrubej (Ljubljana), in her very thorough treatise on the legal
and formal framework of the societies’ activities, points out some conti-
nuities and ruptures related to the constitutional and legal changes within
the Habsburg monarchy in the period after the March Revolution (includ-
22
With the help of contributions from domestic and foreign researchers,
this sixth monograph in the series Studia musicologica Labacensia sheds
light on the activities of comparable musical institutions in Slovenia and
abroad. The focus is on the relationship between amateur and profession-
al culture, which decisively shaped institutional musical life in the long 19th
century not only in this country but also elsewhere. Friedhelm Brusniak
(Würzburg) presents the outstanding importance of one of the main Ger-
man choral societies, the Deutscher Sängerbund (DSB), founded in Coburg
in 1862, while Hartmut Krones (Vienna) discusses the political differences
between ‘left-wing’ and ‘right-wing’ amateur choirs and their political goals
in the 19th century. Helmut Loos (Leipzig) concludes his series of articles on
the cultural and political importance of German male choirs with his con-
tribution on the dissemination of choral music in German-speaking coun-
tries in the 19th century.
The contributions of the Ukrainian colleague Luba Kijanovska (Lviv)
and the Polish colleagues Teresa Mazepa (Rzeszów) and Mirosław Dymon
(Rzeszów), Danutė Petrauskaitė (Vilnius) and Michal Ščepán (Bratisla-
va) deal with questions of national identification, which the now strongly
transnational cultural environment of Central and Eastern Europe faced in
the second half of the 19th century. The contributions by Lana Šehović (Sa-
rajevo) and Nada Bezić (Zagreb) deal with some of the central music soci-
eties in Sarajevo and Zagreb. In particular, the choral society Kolo main-
tains close relations with Glasbena matica Ljubljana. This Zagreb society is
thus also found among the 20 founding members, consisting of Slovenian
politicians, musicians, and other patriots. The close connections between
the Slavic societies of that time are in the foreground of the interest of Vik-
tor Velek (Ostrava), who in his article highlights the activities of Matej Hu-
bad in the context of the musical life of the Slavic societies in Vienna. The
international context of societies’ activities is complemented by vivid de-
scriptions in the articles by Niall O’Loughlin (Loughborough) and Wolf-
gang Marx (Dublin), who explain the context of societies’ activities in Lon-
don and Ireland.
The second part of the monograph deals with the activities of the so-
cieties in Slovenia, in particular the activities of Glasbena matica Ljublja
na. Katja Škrubej (Ljubljana), in her very thorough treatise on the legal
and formal framework of the societies’ activities, points out some conti-
nuities and ruptures related to the constitutional and legal changes within
the Habsburg monarchy in the period after the March Revolution (includ-
22
