15 articles in this issue
Matjaž Barbo
The article deals with the chronological analysis of the concrete impulses for the foundation of the Department of Musicology from the first ideas stimulated by the establishment of the University in Ljubljana, to the foundation of a scholarly and histori... see more
Marija Bergamo
The article draws attention to the uneven ways of 20th century art, i.e. without explicit direction that could be considered as clear historical gradualness “deserving” the idea of progress or rather improvement in time. The writing suggests research in t... see more
Ivan Klemencic
A complex and rationally only partly accessible question is dealt with. In the art of music one speaks of individual national identities within Central Europe (Mitteleuropa), of what is common within differences. Which is not a mechanical sum, since commo... see more
Nataša Cigoj Krstulovic
The aim of this renewed historical dealing with 19th century piano music in Slovenia, above all with that concerning the waltz, is in exposing methodological problems in writings up to now and in assessing that segment of our musical past that has been fr... see more
Katarina Bogunovic Hocevar
Janko Ravnik was, when entering the Slovene musical scene, considered to be (beside Marij Kogoj); a promising composer. Special attention in the New Chords was drawn by his piano works, which, according to contemporary criticism, was opening a new chapter... see more
Jernej Weiss
Emerik Beran wrote his first and only opera entitled Melusina in 1896 in Brno, Moravia. Although this opera was created abroad and is the work of a Czech composer who spent most of his life in Slovenia, Beran's Melusina by all means deserves more in-depth... see more
Manica Špendal
The opera and concert singer, mezzo-soprano, alto, and contralto, Amalie Schneeweiss (pseudonim Weiss) - Joachim (b. on May 10, 1839) is to be regarded as one of the most important personalities born in Maribor.
Špela Lah
The article tries to illuminate the effects of the newly new-constructed Provincial Theatre in Ljubljana between 1892 and 1914. This was the time, when the two directorates shared joint theatre premises: Slovene and German. The author draws attention to t... see more
Darja Koter
The article deals with the development of opera directing and director’s profile in Slovenia between the two wars, taking into consideration Opera and Theatre in Ljubljana. The author states specific influences of theatre directing upon the development of... see more
Aleksandar Vasic
From 1903 until 1941 twenty three essays on European music were published in the Serbian Literary Magazine, on the subject of music classicism, romanticism and modernism. This article aims to present a survey, a typology and the analysis of those essays.
Gregor Pompe
The article tries to resolve the questions raised in the course of investigating of Uroš Krek's work. The seeming discrepancy between the high aesthetic value of his works and the indifference towards inovation is solved with the help of the designation “... see more
Larisa Vrhunc
Among the pieces by Uroš Rojko Tongenesis is probably the most consistently organized. The aim of the analysis is to show by what means the author “fought his way out” to sufficient freedom in working with systems, so that in the final realization of the ... see more
Tjaša Ribizel
Festival Ljubljana was founded in 1953, in order to promote Slovenian and Yugoslav culture and to extend the cultural season in summer. In the first ten years there were 125 music performances, conducted by Yugoslav and foreign artists. Concerts improved ... see more
Drago Kunej
This article analyzes some of the most important changes in the perception of sound recordings that result from playing them at incorrect playback speeds. The playback of old 78 rpm phonograph records is highlighted because this rotation speed was standar... see more
Aleš Nagode
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