The magazine 'Gusle' (1911-1914) in the history of Serbian music periodicals

Autor: Marija Golubović, Aleksandar Vasić
Přispěvatelé: Васић, Александар
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Muzikologija, Vol 2021, Iss 31, Pp 181-212 (2021)
Музикологија
ISSN: 2406-0976
1450-9814
DOI: 10.2298/muz2131181v
Popis: The Association of Serbian Singing Societies in Sombor started the magazine “Gusle” in May 1911. It was a monthly magazine with each issue sixteen pages long. In the introductory place in each issue “Gusle” brought extensive texts dedicated to the problems in the work of Serbian singing societies. One column followed the work of the Association, and one brought news from the life of singing societies. The magazine was concluded by notes and advertisements. The outbreak of the First World War stopped the publication of this magazine. The last issue was published in April 1914. This is the first study dedicated to the magazine “Gusle”, its structure, content and ideological profile. In the appendix, the paper brings an integral bibliography of the journal, which did not exist until now. Савез српских певачких друштава у Сомбору покренуо је у мају 1911. године часопис „Гусле“. Часопис је излазио једном месечно на шеснаест страница. На уводном месту у сваком броју „Гусле“ су доносиле обиман текст посвећен проблемима у раду српских певачких дружина. Једна рубрика је пратила рад Савеза, а једна је доносила вести из живота певачких друштава. Часопис су закључивале белешке и огласи. Избијање Првог светског рата зауставило је излажење овога гласила. Последњи број је изашао у априлу 1914. Ово је прва студија посвећена часопису „Гусле“, његовој структури, садржају и идеолошком профилу. У додатку, рад доноси интегралну библиографију часописа, која до сада није постојала. In January 1911, the Association of Serbian Singing Societies was founded in Sombor. The first issue of the magazine “Gusle”, the official gazette of the Association, appeared in May of the same year. It was a monthly magazine with each issue sixteen pages long. The magazine was published regularly until April 1914. The outbreak of the First World War halted the publication of the magazine. During the three years of its existence, “Gusle” published two hundred and sixtythree articles. Each issue opened with an extensive text dedicated to practical issues and problems related to the work of Serbian singing societies. Those articles were followd by the column “Work of the Association”, which brought news about the activities of the Sombor Association of Serbian Singing Societies. The third column reported on the work of a number of Serbian singing societies. The journal was concluded by notes of various contents, and advertisements were printed at the very end. The magazine also published translations of articles from foreign periodicals. The editorial board presented its program at the beginning of the first issue. The goal of the magazine was to serve the idea that led to the creation of the Association of Serbian Singing Societies – to gather together and connect Serbian singing societies. “Gusle” intended to contribute to achieving a unique system in the work of singing societies. In addition, the magazine was supposed to help establish a singing society in every Serbian place. The focus in each issue was on the introductory, extensive texts. The themes of these articles revealed the motives of the editorial board. Namely, the introductory texts were not conceived as musicological essays of original aspirations; the intention was to open practical, important questions that reflected the problems in the functioning of singing societies. Although at the beginning of the 20th century the idea of Yugoslavism was present in Serbian intellectual circles, the magazine “Gusle” did not show interest in it. There are very few Croatian and Slovenian topics in “Gusle”. Croats and Slovenes were mentioned only as part of strengthening ties with the Slavic peoples in general. The word Yugoslav was used only a few times, without elaboration. For the historian of Serbian music, the magazine “Gusle” in the first place represents a source of information on musical opportunities among the Serbs in Austria-Hungary and in their singing societies, in the years before the First World War. “Gusle” served as a practical advisor to the singing societies in their work. The ambition of the magazine publishers did not go beyond that role. The absence of professional studies and reviews makes “Gusle” a distant ancestor of professional music periodicals that would be established and developed in the Serbian language only in the period between the two world wars.
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