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Summaries
Luisa Antoni
Activity of Slovenian, Italian and Austrian-German
societies in Trieste in the 19th century
After 1719, when the imperial authorities conferred on Trieste the free port
status, the rise in the city’s population promoted various forms of socializ-
ing. Societies became centres of culture and entertainment, which attract-
ed enthusiastic visitors to the city’s theatres.
In the Trieste area, especially in the Slovenian and Slavic cultural sphere,
there existed numerous music societies and choirs, which served as cen-
tres of development for more professional content. The origins of this cul-
tural and music life caught on through rallies, béseda events and reading
societies, attracting musicians who went on to have a profound impact on
the development of Slovenian music (Jan Lego, Anton Hajdrih, Hrabroslav
Volarič, etc.).
This paper offers an extensive survey of Triestine Slovenian/Slavic, Italian
and Austrian-German societies and their activity with a special focus on
musical offerings. The paper is the first to include the concert initiatives or-
ganised by the various societies based in the city and associated with all
three language groups. This provides an understanding of how these soci-
eties helped stimulate and shape the city’s cultural life, also leading to the
future professionalisation of the related human resources.
473
Luisa Antoni
Activity of Slovenian, Italian and Austrian-German
societies in Trieste in the 19th century
After 1719, when the imperial authorities conferred on Trieste the free port
status, the rise in the city’s population promoted various forms of socializ-
ing. Societies became centres of culture and entertainment, which attract-
ed enthusiastic visitors to the city’s theatres.
In the Trieste area, especially in the Slovenian and Slavic cultural sphere,
there existed numerous music societies and choirs, which served as cen-
tres of development for more professional content. The origins of this cul-
tural and music life caught on through rallies, béseda events and reading
societies, attracting musicians who went on to have a profound impact on
the development of Slovenian music (Jan Lego, Anton Hajdrih, Hrabroslav
Volarič, etc.).
This paper offers an extensive survey of Triestine Slovenian/Slavic, Italian
and Austrian-German societies and their activity with a special focus on
musical offerings. The paper is the first to include the concert initiatives or-
ganised by the various societies based in the city and associated with all
three language groups. This provides an understanding of how these soci-
eties helped stimulate and shape the city’s cultural life, also leading to the
future professionalisation of the related human resources.
473
