SARAJEVSKO JEVREJSKO PJEVAČKO DRUŠTVO LIRA
THE JEWISH SINGING SOCIETY ”LIRA’’ IN SARAJEVO

Summary/Abstract: The Sarajevo Jewish Singing Society Lira was founded in 1901 and it was the only such society in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lira was active until 1941 and has never been renewed again. In 1920, Lira became a joint singing society that gathered all the Jewry of Sarajevo (i.e., both Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews) The conductors of Lira, Kosta Travanj, Ljubo Bajac, Alfred Pordes, Edo Krenek, Beluš Jungić and Ivan Demetar greatly contributed to the enviable results achieved by the society as part of the cultural events held in Sarajevo, Travnik, Banja Luka, Belgrade, Zagreb, Skoplje as well as of other Bosnian.-Herzegovinian and Yugoslav towns: It should be noted that their concerts were also held in several towns in Palestine were also highly acclaimed. As soon as other ethnic communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina established their singing societies, Lira started performing together with them. Lira played a crucial role in bringing closer together the Sephardic and Ashkenazi communities and their associations. In addition to these activities and achievements, Lira contributed to the advancement of the music culture in the towns of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the towns of Yugoslavia.

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