ON COMPOSING CONTRIBUTIONS OF CZECH MUSICIANS TO CHORAL LITURGICAL MUSIC IN SERBIAN CULTURE DURING “THE LONG 19TH CENTURY”
ON COMPOSING CONTRIBUTIONS OF CZECH MUSICIANS TO CHORAL LITURGICAL MUSIC IN SERBIAN CULTURE DURING “THE LONG 19TH CENTURY”

Summary/Abstract: The history of Serbian music, especially during “the long 19th century,” as well as in the interwar period, would have been different had it not been for the activities of numerous Czech musicians, whose contributions made in various domains uniquely influenced the dynamics and complexity of many developmental lines of music practice among Serbs. The paper particularly focuses on the period from the mid-19th century to 1914, and at the center of consideration is the area of choral Orthodox liturgical music. Special attention is paid to the following composers: Vojtěch Hlaváč, Joseph Cee, Quido Havlasa, Fran Vilhar, Václav Horejšek, Stefan Schramm, Robert Tolinger, Anton Tuna-Osvald, Vojtěch Šístek, Hugo Doubek, Hranislav Hartl, and Bohumil Holub. The aim of the study is to offer the most comprehensive possible overview of the Czech musicians’ activities in the field of Orthodox liturgical music, also taking into account the biographical and broader context. The paper also provides, in brief, a critical look at literature and an analysis of archive and other music material related to compositions which so far have not been mentioned in other available printed publications of importance for the history of Serbian music. Finally, the composition, technical and stylistic characteristics of the selected works were considered, so as to give readers an insight into this aspect of the Czech musicians’ work, especially from the perspective of connecting traditional Serbian church singing with the Western European approach to music creation.

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