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Croatian Folk Music
The music of Croatia, like the divisions of the country itself, has two major influences: Central European, present in central and northern parts of the country including Slavonia, and Mediterranean, present in coastal regions of Dalmatia and Istria. In Croatia both pop music, pop and rock music, rock are popular, as well as pop music influenced by Dalmatian or Slavonian folk elements. Since the mid-20th century, schlager and chanson-inspired music have formed the backbone of the Croatian popular music. History of music in Croatia Medieval The oldest preserved relics of musical culture in Croatia are sacral in nature and represented by ''Latin medieval liturgical chant manuscripts'' (approximately one hundred musical codices and fragments dating from the 11th to the 15th centuries have been preserved to date). They reveal a wealth of various influences and liturgical traditions that converged in this region (Dalmatian liturgy in ''Benevento script'', Northern Gregorian chant, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verona
Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, northeastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona covers an area of and has a population of 714,310 inhabitants. It is one of the main tourist destinations in Northern Italy because of its artistic heritage and several annual fairs and shows as well as the Opera, opera season in the Verona Arena, Arena, an ancient Ancient Rome, Roman Amphitheatre, amphitheater. Between the 13th and 14th centuries, the city was ruled by the Scaliger, della Scala family. Under the rule of the family, in particular of Cangrande I della Scala, the city experienced great prosperity, becoming rich and powerful and being surrounded by new walls. The della Scala era is preserved in numerous monuments around Verona. Two of William Shakespeare's plays are set in Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroque
The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as "late Baroque") and Neoclassicism, Neoclassical styles. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music, though Lutheran art#Baroque period, Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well. The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep color, grandeur, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to the rest of Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany, Poland and Russia. By the 1730s, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atanazije Jurjević
Atanazije Jurjević, signed himself as ''Jurjevich-Dalmata'' (Latin: ''Athanasius Georgiceus'', German: ''Athanasius Georgijević''; c.1590 – c.1640) was a Croatian baroque composer, writer and diplomat. He was born into a well-known patrician family from Split. He studied in Split and at ''Ferdinandeum'' in Graz (1609–1611). He served as ''Consiliarius'' (advisor) of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor and travelled to Poland, Russia and Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th .... His most known work is titled "Pisni za naypoglavitiye, naysvetiye i nayveselye dni svega godischia sloxene: i kakose u Organe s'yednim glasom mogu spivati, napravgliene", a collection of compositions published in 1635. Published works *Od naslidovanya Isukarstova kgnighe cetvereNaslid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinko Jelić
Vinko Jelić (1596 - after 22 July 1636; also ''Vincenz'') was a Croatian-born baroque composer, singer and musician. He was born in Rijeka () and later studied in Graz Graz () is the capital of the Austrian Federal states of Austria, federal state of Styria and the List of cities and towns in Austria, second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. On 1 January 2025, Graz had a population of 306,068 (343,461 inc .... Works *Parnassia militia concertuum unius, duarum, trium et quatuor vocum tam nativis quam instrumentalibus vocibus ad organum concinendarum, op. 1. Argentinae, Typis Pauli Ledertz, 1622. *Arion primus sacrorum concertuum unius, duarum, trium et quatuor vocum ad organum concinendarum, op. 2. Augustae Tribocorum, Apud Paulum Ledertz, 1628. *Arion secundus psalmorum vespertinorum tam de tempore, quam de Beata Maria Virgine quatuor vocibus, alternatim ad organum concinendarum adiunctis Magnificat, Salve regina, & octo tonis ad omnia strumenta accomodatis, op. 3. August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Lukačić
Marko Ivan Lukačić (''Lucacich'' or ''Lucacih'','' Fr. Joannes de Sibinico'') (Šibenik, baptized 7 April 1587Note in the birth register of the Šibenik parish says: "D(ie) VII Aprillis (1587) Marchus filius ioannis lucacich baptizatus fuit per me pres(byteru)m mateum bubrigouich in baptiserio divi Jacobi. D(ominus) G. Rabglagnin et d(omina) Filipa uxor D. Nicholai Semunich levaverunt eum de sacr fonte". – Split, September 20, 1648) was a Croatian-born musician and composer of the Renaissance and early Baroque. Biography Lukačić's exact date of birth is unknown; in 1587 he was baptised in Šibenik where it is believed he was born. Ten years later he entered the Franciscan order when he accepted his monastic name Ivan. In 1600 he was sent to Italy where he studied theology and music. In 1612 he has signed himself as ''baccalaureus'', while on 23 March 1615 he was awarded in Rome the degree of ''Magister Musices'' ''(master of music)''. In 1614 he participated as ''maestro di cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin Držić
Marin Držić (; also ''Marino Darza'' or ''Marino Darsa''; 1508 – 2 May 1567) was a Croatian writer from Republic of Ragusa. He is considered to be one of the finest Renaissance playwrights and prose writers of Croatian literature. Life Držić was born into a large and affluent family. He had six sisters and five brothers. He was trained and ordained as a priest in Dubrovnik. Marin's uncle was another famous author Džore Držić. After being ordained in 1526, Držić was sent in 1538 to Siena in Tuscany to study the Church Canon Law, where his academic results were average. Thanks to his extroverted and warm personality, he is said to have captured the hearts of his fellow students and professors, and was elected to the position of rector of the university. Losing interest in his studies, Marin returned to the Dubrovnik Republic in 1543. There, he became an acquaintance of Austrian adventurer Christoph Rogendorf, who was at odds with the court of Vienna. After a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mavro Vetranović
Mauro Vetrani (; 1482–1576) was a writer and Benedictine monk from Ragusa. Biography Born in Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik), then the Republic of Ragusa, in 1482, he entered the Benedictine Order in 1507 on the island of Meleda, and after a period of education in Monte Cassino in Italy returned to Mljet as the abbot of the monastery. In the 16th century, the monastery was the centre of the Meleda Congregation (Congregatio Melitensem or Melitanam), gathering all the monasteries of Benedictine monks in the area of the Republic of Ragusa, and Vetranović was the first president of the Congregation from 1544. He wrote prolifically throughout his life, leaving a large body of work including prose, drama, religious and satirical poetry and an unfinished epic running to 4374 verses. In his writing he revealed himself to be a patriotic Ragusan who also might have shared some sort of identity with other Dalmatians and Croatians. Croatian academic Franjo Švelec has divided the work of Vet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch School (painting)
Dutch art describes the history of visual arts in the Netherlands, after the United Provinces separated from Flanders. Earlier painting in the area is covered in Early Netherlandish painting and Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting. Dutch Golden Age painting, spanning from about 1620 to 1680, was a distinct style and movement that evolved out of the Flemish Baroque tradition. It was a period of great artistic achievement in the Netherlands. There was a healthy artistic climate in Dutch cities during the seventeenth century. For example, between 1605 and 1635, over 100,000 paintings were produced in Haarlem. At that time, art ownership in the city was 25%, a record high. After the end of the Golden Age, production of paintings remained high, but ceased to influence the rest of Europe as strongly. Many painters, sculptors and architects of the seventeenth century are called " Dutch masters", while earlier artists are generally referred to as part of the "Netherlandish" trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrigal (music)
A madrigal is a form of secular vocal music most typical of the Renaissance music, Renaissance (15th–16th centuries) and early Baroque music, Baroque (1580–1650) periods, although revisited by some later European composers. The Polyphony, polyphonic madrigal is Accompaniment, unaccompanied, and the number of voices varies from two to eight, but the form usually features three to six voices, whilst the Metre (music), metre of the madrigal varies between two or three tercets, followed by one or two couplets. Unlike verse-repeating strophic forms sung to the same music, most madrigals are through-composed, featuring different music for each stanza of lyrics, whereby the composer expresses the emotions contained in each line and in single words of the poem being sung. Madrigals written by Italianized Franco–Flemish composers in the 1520s in music, 1520s partly originated from the three-to-four voice frottola (1470–1530); partly from composers' renewed interest in poetry writt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šibenik
Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities on the Adriatic, the capital and cultural, educational, administrative and economic center of Šibenik-Knin County, Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest town in the Dalmatian region. As of 2021, the town has 31,115 inhabitants, while the municipality has 42,599 inhabitants.The seat is the Roman Catholic Diocese of Šibenik, Šibenik Diocese. It was first mentioned on Christmas 1066 in a grant of Peter Krešimir IV, so it is also called ''Krešimir's Town''. Until the Second plague pandemic, plague pandemic in 17th century it was the largest city on the entire eastern coast of the Adriatic. Šibenik was the ''de facto'' capital of the Federal State of Croatia, Croatia from December 1944 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
