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Serbian organ music
Serbian organ music

Author(s): Maja Smilianić-Radić
Subject(s): Cultural history, Music
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: Faculty of Music;Belgrade;Serbia;instruments;

Summary/Abstract: This article has intention to present pieces for organ, made by Serbian composers. Their artistic creativity in the field of organ music were surrounded and exposed to real, unsolvable obstacles, but still, authors have always founding a way to express personal, most intimate feelings through magical organ sound. Although majority of these pieces is secularly oriented, they cannot avoid artistic challenge of mixing two opposite religious tradition, always on such a delicate and spiritually devoted way. Creations based on different influences, inspiration and motives as Serbian organ music is, can undoubtedly be recognized as eclectic music expression and therefore deserves its own position in the world organ music library.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 47-57
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English