出版社：Croatian Musicological Society & Croatian Academy of Science and Arts, Department for History of Croatian Music & Zagreb University, Academy of Music
摘要：It is difficult to write a monograph on a reproductive artist, particularly without any recordings, as is the case with the Croatian conductor Friderik Rukavina (Pula, 23 October 1878 — Zagreb, Novi Marof, 26 October 1940), who, among other, conducted the famous symphony concert of the then-young Croatian composers (Krešimir Baranović /1894-1975/, Božidar Širola /1889-1956/, Franjo Dugan /1874-1948/, Svetislav Stančić /1895-1970/, Dora Pejačević /1885-1923/, and Antun Dobronić /1878-1955/) in 1916. The concert gained the status in Croatian music historiography of a historical concert in the development of newer Croatian music, and affirmation of the then-young and new generation — but Rukavina was forgotten. In spite of all difficulties, Hubert Pettan (1912-1989) accepted the challenge of writing such a monograph on Rukavina. His wish was to reaffirm this completely forgotten conductor, who was also an opera director and head of the operas in Ljubljana and Zagreb, and a composer and music writer. More than 400 pages of this documentary monograph represent a rich source of data for knowing not only Friderik Rukavina and his activities during a very turbulent period, but also musical life from the 1910s to the 1930s in Ljubljana and Zagreb, that is, institutions, criticism, opera and concert repertoires, financing methods, human relationships and conflicts, political impacts, etc. That is why this manuscript book should be published, despite the considerable editorial interventions that need to be done.
关键词：Friderik Rukavina; Hubert Pettan; conductor; opera director; composer; music writer; Zagreb Opera House; Ljubljana Opera House; 20th century
