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glasbena kritika – nekoč in danes | music criticism – yesterday and today
lovac. The songs dedicated to the guest appearance of Ludmila Zadrobilk-
ova stand out, in whose honour songs were published not only related to
the concert in Karlovac, but also those in Đakovo and Osijek on tour of
1861/62.68 Occasional songs were also published for the performances of the
violin virtuoso Nikola Dimitriev Svječin (1824 – around 1865), who held
concerts in Karlovac on 7 April and 12 April 1862, and of Lavoslav/Leopold
Aleksander Zellner (1823–1894),69 who performed in Karlovac 16 June 1864,
as well as a song to Matilda Malinger on the occasion of her concert in Za-
greb on 10 May 1862, with the aim of promoting singing in the vernacu-
lar. These songs bear witness to the enthusiasm that the artists caused with
their performances during the cultural boom of the 1860s, which was ex-
tremely important for the development of civic culture, but also to the use
of musical art for the purpose of promoting the national idea. A special cat-
egory consists of those songs that were not created in conjunction with cer-
tain events, but with the published lyrics of the songs we find an invitation
to set them to music. Such is, for example, the song “Veselo!” [Cheerfully],
published in 1862 with the note: “We are asking the experts to create a mel-
ody for this song, it will be for their souls!”70 The main role of encouraging
the setting of verses to music was assumed from 1869 by the journal Vien-
ac, which was started by Matica hrvatska [Matrix Croatica].
Advertisements
Advertisements in Karlovac newspapers refer to the sale of instruments or
serve as a more prominent invitation to an event. In the first case, it is about
the sale or loan of instruments: piano, violin, cello. Sales are regularly ad-
vertised through newspaper editorial offices without information about the
seller. Although such information is scant and sporadic, it points to the
presence of a market for instruments and a certain degree of supply and
demand of instruments in the city. Costume parties or costume dances, as
well as raffle dances, are advertised during the carnival season, the goal of
which was either to help the society that organized the party or some char-
68 – g – n –, “Gospodični Mili Zadrobilkovoj,” Glasonoša 1, no. 20 (25 December 1861):
3; Juraj Tordinac [J. T-r-d-c], “Gospodični Mili Zadrobilkovoj Slava!,” Glasonoša 2,
no. 26 (30 March 1862): 2; Ilija Okrugić Sriemac, “Vienac slave sto no ga dadè Sla-
vonkinja vila.” 2, no. 27 (2 April 1862): 2.
69 Anon., “Zellner, Leopold Alexander,” Hrvatska enciklopedija, internet edition,
https://www.enciklopedija.hr/natuknica.aspx?id=67095.
70 Anon., “Molimo vještake, da nam napjev ovoj pjesmici stvore, bit će jim za dušu!,”
Glasonoša 2, no. 45 (4 June 1862): 1.
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lovac. The songs dedicated to the guest appearance of Ludmila Zadrobilk-
ova stand out, in whose honour songs were published not only related to
the concert in Karlovac, but also those in Đakovo and Osijek on tour of
1861/62.68 Occasional songs were also published for the performances of the
violin virtuoso Nikola Dimitriev Svječin (1824 – around 1865), who held
concerts in Karlovac on 7 April and 12 April 1862, and of Lavoslav/Leopold
Aleksander Zellner (1823–1894),69 who performed in Karlovac 16 June 1864,
as well as a song to Matilda Malinger on the occasion of her concert in Za-
greb on 10 May 1862, with the aim of promoting singing in the vernacu-
lar. These songs bear witness to the enthusiasm that the artists caused with
their performances during the cultural boom of the 1860s, which was ex-
tremely important for the development of civic culture, but also to the use
of musical art for the purpose of promoting the national idea. A special cat-
egory consists of those songs that were not created in conjunction with cer-
tain events, but with the published lyrics of the songs we find an invitation
to set them to music. Such is, for example, the song “Veselo!” [Cheerfully],
published in 1862 with the note: “We are asking the experts to create a mel-
ody for this song, it will be for their souls!”70 The main role of encouraging
the setting of verses to music was assumed from 1869 by the journal Vien-
ac, which was started by Matica hrvatska [Matrix Croatica].
Advertisements
Advertisements in Karlovac newspapers refer to the sale of instruments or
serve as a more prominent invitation to an event. In the first case, it is about
the sale or loan of instruments: piano, violin, cello. Sales are regularly ad-
vertised through newspaper editorial offices without information about the
seller. Although such information is scant and sporadic, it points to the
presence of a market for instruments and a certain degree of supply and
demand of instruments in the city. Costume parties or costume dances, as
well as raffle dances, are advertised during the carnival season, the goal of
which was either to help the society that organized the party or some char-
68 – g – n –, “Gospodični Mili Zadrobilkovoj,” Glasonoša 1, no. 20 (25 December 1861):
3; Juraj Tordinac [J. T-r-d-c], “Gospodični Mili Zadrobilkovoj Slava!,” Glasonoša 2,
no. 26 (30 March 1862): 2; Ilija Okrugić Sriemac, “Vienac slave sto no ga dadè Sla-
vonkinja vila.” 2, no. 27 (2 April 1862): 2.
69 Anon., “Zellner, Leopold Alexander,” Hrvatska enciklopedija, internet edition,
https://www.enciklopedija.hr/natuknica.aspx?id=67095.
70 Anon., “Molimo vještake, da nam napjev ovoj pjesmici stvore, bit će jim za dušu!,”
Glasonoša 2, no. 45 (4 June 1862): 1.
188
