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music in the k ar lovac pr ess in the nineteenth century
ation were reflected through musical events (e. g. dances).77 Different types
of articles (news, reports, reviews, criticism) about musical events reveal
the whole spectrum of public, semi-public and even private events. News-
papers publish reports on the work of city societies which today (for vari-
ous reasons) are often not preserved in the funds of these societies. In the
Karlovac newspapers, there is often an overview of musical life within the
framework of wider city themes, and this especially refers to the function-
ing of the singing society, music school and city music. The newspaper also
proved to be an encourager of musical and literary creativity – especially in
the period of Glasonoša newspaper owned by Abel Lukšić – by publishing
composition competitions, publishing texts with an incentive to set them to
music, as well as publishing occasional songs with concert performances by
local and foreign musicians in Karlovac. Given the city’s proximity to Za-
greb, as well as the entrepreneurship of the people of Karlovac, opportuni-
ties were many and the citizens of Karlovac were able to become acquainted
with the current and diverse repertoire that developed the audience’s taste
and raised the standard of requirements for quality performance.
Bibliography
Literature
Ajanović-Malinar, Ivona. “Hauska, Oton.” Hrvatski biografski leksikon, internet
edition, 2002. https://hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=7322.
77 “Mimogred napomenuti ću ‘narodni ples’ što su ga ovdješnji slušatelji gospodarstva i
šumarstva obdržavali. Već u subotu t. j. 15. o. m. u 7 satih nagrnuše mnogobrojna gos-
poda u dvoranu g. Č. Tud si imao šta vidjeti! Goleme promjene u to kratko vrieme!
Pred trimi godinami sami ‘ frakaši’ a sada ‘surkaši’. Pred trimi godinami nisi se usu-
dio sa prostim kaputom na ples doići, ako nisi prije pogledao, gdje su vrata i kud si pri-
je uzišao. Da si u ono doba došao u surki, izsmjehavali bi te, te bi te držali za ‘Hotten-
totta’ Pustimo to. [...] Koli milo godi i srdcu i duši, kad Ladina nožica posklizne po
podu, plesajuć toli obljubljeno, hrvatsko-slavonsko kolo!” [By the way, I will mention
the ‘national dance’ that the economy and forestry students here kept. Already on Sa-
turday 15th of this month at 7 o’clock, numerous gentlemen rushed into the hall of Mr.
Č. You had something to see there! Huge changes in that short time! Three years ago
they were ‘ frakaši’ [tailcoat-wearer] and now they are ‘surkaši’ [surka-wearer]. Three
years ago, you didn’t dare to come to the dance with a simple coat without first looking
for where the door was and where you could leave. If you had come in a surka in those
days, they would have laughed at you and thought you were a ‘Hottentott’. Let’s leave
it at that. [...] It pleases both the heart and the soul when Lada’s foot slips on the floor,
dancing to the loved Croatian-Slavonian kolo!] V. R-č-I, “U Križevcih dne 16. velja-
če,” Glasonoša 2, no. 17 (26 February 1862): 3.
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ation were reflected through musical events (e. g. dances).77 Different types
of articles (news, reports, reviews, criticism) about musical events reveal
the whole spectrum of public, semi-public and even private events. News-
papers publish reports on the work of city societies which today (for vari-
ous reasons) are often not preserved in the funds of these societies. In the
Karlovac newspapers, there is often an overview of musical life within the
framework of wider city themes, and this especially refers to the function-
ing of the singing society, music school and city music. The newspaper also
proved to be an encourager of musical and literary creativity – especially in
the period of Glasonoša newspaper owned by Abel Lukšić – by publishing
composition competitions, publishing texts with an incentive to set them to
music, as well as publishing occasional songs with concert performances by
local and foreign musicians in Karlovac. Given the city’s proximity to Za-
greb, as well as the entrepreneurship of the people of Karlovac, opportuni-
ties were many and the citizens of Karlovac were able to become acquainted
with the current and diverse repertoire that developed the audience’s taste
and raised the standard of requirements for quality performance.
Bibliography
Literature
Ajanović-Malinar, Ivona. “Hauska, Oton.” Hrvatski biografski leksikon, internet
edition, 2002. https://hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=7322.
77 “Mimogred napomenuti ću ‘narodni ples’ što su ga ovdješnji slušatelji gospodarstva i
šumarstva obdržavali. Već u subotu t. j. 15. o. m. u 7 satih nagrnuše mnogobrojna gos-
poda u dvoranu g. Č. Tud si imao šta vidjeti! Goleme promjene u to kratko vrieme!
Pred trimi godinami sami ‘ frakaši’ a sada ‘surkaši’. Pred trimi godinami nisi se usu-
dio sa prostim kaputom na ples doići, ako nisi prije pogledao, gdje su vrata i kud si pri-
je uzišao. Da si u ono doba došao u surki, izsmjehavali bi te, te bi te držali za ‘Hotten-
totta’ Pustimo to. [...] Koli milo godi i srdcu i duši, kad Ladina nožica posklizne po
podu, plesajuć toli obljubljeno, hrvatsko-slavonsko kolo!” [By the way, I will mention
the ‘national dance’ that the economy and forestry students here kept. Already on Sa-
turday 15th of this month at 7 o’clock, numerous gentlemen rushed into the hall of Mr.
Č. You had something to see there! Huge changes in that short time! Three years ago
they were ‘ frakaši’ [tailcoat-wearer] and now they are ‘surkaši’ [surka-wearer]. Three
years ago, you didn’t dare to come to the dance with a simple coat without first looking
for where the door was and where you could leave. If you had come in a surka in those
days, they would have laughed at you and thought you were a ‘Hottentott’. Let’s leave
it at that. [...] It pleases both the heart and the soul when Lada’s foot slips on the floor,
dancing to the loved Croatian-Slavonian kolo!] V. R-č-I, “U Križevcih dne 16. velja-
če,” Glasonoša 2, no. 17 (26 February 1862): 3.
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