Kornelije Stanković´s piano repertoire - from European practice to national ideology
Of particular importance for the artistic commitment and maturation of Kornelije Stanković, was his training in Vienna, which at that time represented the center of the Slavic elite. The whole cultural and social atmosphere of Vienna left a strong imprint on the young artist: a rich cult...
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| Language: | English |
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Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts - Institute of Musicology of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Muzikologija |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-9814/2018/1450-98141825103K.pdf |
| Summary: | Of particular importance for the artistic commitment and maturation of
Kornelije Stanković, was his training in Vienna, which at that time
represented the center of the Slavic elite. The whole cultural and social
atmosphere of Vienna left a strong imprint on the young artist: a rich
cultural and political life of the city, contacts with Serbian and Slavic
circles and their ideas, especially studies under distinguished professor at
the Conservatory - a composer, pianist and theorist Simon Sechter. By
studying the inscriptions in the Serbian press from the 19th century (Srbski
list, Vidovdan, Južna pčela, Danica, Trgovačke novine, Šumadinka) and
preserved posters of Stankovic’s concerts, we have selected the compositions
that were part of the Kornelije Stanković piano repertoire. Besides his own
compositions, his repertoire included some works of Franz Liszt and
Sigismund Thalberg, and even, then popular and now forgotten salon
composers-pianists: Jacob Blumenthal, Louis Lacombe, Rudolf Willmers, Eduard
M. Pirkhert, and a certain man named Wald. It is possible that this
selection of works was influenced by Sechter himself. Blumental and Lacombe
were his students. However, the fact remains that the compositions of those
authors, which Stanković performed, also represented the most famous works
of those composers, as well as the standards of the salon repertoire at the
time. The aim of this paper is to highlight the equal importance and
representation of the foreign composers within Stankovic’s piano repertoire,
as well as the actuality of performed compositions, which has allowed us to
gain an insight into the German press of the considered period. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. OI 177004: Identiteti srpske muzike od lokalnih do globalnih okvira: tradicije, promene, izazovi] |
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| ISSN: | 1450-9814 2406-0976 |