15 articles in this issue
Marija Bergamo
Verz iz naslova – verz Mirka Kovaca – posreduje generacijsko obcutenje lastnega položaja v obdobju poslavljanja. Iz podobnega obcutenja sledi nekaj misli, ki bi jih rada zabeležila ob odhodu kolegice in dolgoletne sopotnice v stroki. Tvegam zagrešiti preo... see more
Katarina Tomaševic
The main aim of this paper is to re-examine the modalities of Béla Bartók’s influence as a composer during the first half of the 20th century to the main, dominantly “nationally oriented style” in the former Yugoslavia, focusing on two of Bartók’s somewha... see more
Aida Islam Leshkova Zelenkovs, Stefanija Leshkova Zelenkovs
Tomislav Zografski (1934–2000) is one of the representatives of the middle generation of modern Macedonian composers. He introduced into Macedonian art music the basic elements of neoclassicism. Zografski, in some of his works, develops this stylistic dir... see more
Ludim Rebeca Pedroza
The Venezuelan Escuela Nacional Moderna (1930s–40s) considered the joropo folk dance an inherently rich musical expression that demanded the spotlight of artistic autonomy. José Clemente Laya’s Sonata venezolana (1946) demonstrates how these composers tra... see more
Dimitar Ninov
In this article I support the idea that the cadential six-four is not a mere dominant with two non-chord tones, but a unique bi-functional chord which embodies a conflict between tonic and dominant. This concept allows the explanation of all possible appe... see more
Andraž Poljanec
While there is much knowledge and research on the acoustics of timpani, there is a lack of scientific research on the playing technique. In my research I analyzed visual and audio recordings and discovered the impact on the sound color using different mal... see more
Zoran Potocan
In the article, the author analyses the timbre of male singers singing in Slovenian language in chosen historical recordings. Using timbre analysis of digital copies of old 78-rpm records it is possible, despite lower technical quality of the recordings, ... see more
Karmen Brina Kodric, Hotimir Tivadar
The aim of this study is to present the use of phonetics in non-linguitic researches and sciences such as music and singing. Sung Lyrics of Slovenian songs/poetry have not been investigated phonetically, taking into consideration their quality (vowel form... see more
Sonja Weiss
The article examines the bond between the soul and the body in the light of ancient musical practices and expounds on the divergence between the philosophical distinction between body and soul, and the widespread belief in their affinity, which has a medi... see more
Barbara Sicherl Kafol, Olga Denac, Jerneja Žnidaršic
The aim of the study was to find out which musical genres are young people’s favourite, why they listen to those specific genres and which genres they used to listen to in their childhood together with their parents. The results show that most students‘s ... see more
Aleš Nagode
At the publication of a new scientific monograph on the activities of the Glasbena matica music society in Ljubljana up to 1945, an inattentive observer of Slovenian musical-historical literature might wonder: why another scientific work on this topic? Th... see more
Jurij Snoj
Although it is not expressed in the title, this new book by professor Matjaž Barbo deals with the aesthetics of music; its chapters discuss classical topics of musical aesthetics, emphasizing to some extent issues that have dominated recent philosophical ... see more
Jasmina Talam
In July 2015, Oxford University Press published a substantial volume titled The Oxford Handbook of Applied Ethnomusicology, co-edited by two eminent ethnomusicologists, Svanibor Pettan and Jeff Todd Titon. The book is an impressive collection of different... see more
Klemen Grabnar
The Hren choirbooks are a collection of six well-preserved large codices from the early seventeenth century that today constitute part of the Manuscript Collection at the National and University Library in Ljubljana (SI-Lnr; they are shelfmarked Mss 339–3... see more
Katarina Trcek
The doctoral thesis entitled Organs and Organ Music in Slovene Cultural History until the Cecilian Movement explores the history of organ building in Slovenia from the beginning of the first half of the 15th century to the second half of the 19th century,... see more