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Tamburitza music in the musical culture
of Viennese Slavs in the 19th and early
20th centuries
Viktor Velek
Univerza v Ostravi
University of Ostrava
Metropolises are usually places of accumulation of various ethnic groups
from all parts of the polity. Vienna, as the centre of the monarchy, is no ex-
ception in this regard. Besides language, different ethnic groups naturally
differed in certain cultural specifics, e.g. celebrations of religious festivals
of their patrons, costumes, forms of religious worship or music. Until the
mid-19th century, these specifics were mainly linked to the original home-
land in the geographical sense. However, since 1840 – in connection with
the national revival of Slavic nations – demonstrations of identities can be
encountered in Vienna, both those of purely national character and those
related to linguistic branches. Until 1918 the development of Vienna’s na-
tional structure was marked by an increase in the number of migrants of
Slavic origin, especially from Bohemia and Moravia. The vast majority of
Czech and Moravian migrants worked in services, crafts, construction and
manual professions in general, and their number in 1900 is estimated at ap-
proximately 300,000 people. Other Slavs were represented in varying de-
grees, generally in thousands, especially by officials, students, academics,
and to a lesser extent by workers.
The position of the Slavs in the monarchy, their rights and possibilities
of national self-realization led to mutual contacts. Although over time the
pan-Slavic euphoria largely disappeared (for example, with respect to the
creation of one Slavic language), there were several areas with real cooper-
ation potential. The Slavs became mutually acquainted with their history,
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of Viennese Slavs in the 19th and early
20th centuries
Viktor Velek
Univerza v Ostravi
University of Ostrava
Metropolises are usually places of accumulation of various ethnic groups
from all parts of the polity. Vienna, as the centre of the monarchy, is no ex-
ception in this regard. Besides language, different ethnic groups naturally
differed in certain cultural specifics, e.g. celebrations of religious festivals
of their patrons, costumes, forms of religious worship or music. Until the
mid-19th century, these specifics were mainly linked to the original home-
land in the geographical sense. However, since 1840 – in connection with
the national revival of Slavic nations – demonstrations of identities can be
encountered in Vienna, both those of purely national character and those
related to linguistic branches. Until 1918 the development of Vienna’s na-
tional structure was marked by an increase in the number of migrants of
Slavic origin, especially from Bohemia and Moravia. The vast majority of
Czech and Moravian migrants worked in services, crafts, construction and
manual professions in general, and their number in 1900 is estimated at ap-
proximately 300,000 people. Other Slavs were represented in varying de-
grees, generally in thousands, especially by officials, students, academics,
and to a lesser extent by workers.
The position of the Slavs in the monarchy, their rights and possibilities
of national self-realization led to mutual contacts. Although over time the
pan-Slavic euphoria largely disappeared (for example, with respect to the
creation of one Slavic language), there were several areas with real cooper-
ation potential. The Slavs became mutually acquainted with their history,
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