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tambur itza music in the musical cultur e of viennese slavs ...
mixed, and the female players sometimes performed with the Zvonimir
tamburitza players. There is no information about the ensemble after 1891.
The separate tamburitza ensemble of the Slovanský zpěvácký spolek
society probably did not last long. The mixed ensemble was formed in 1895,
and it had its first performance at the society’s concert on 5 December 1895
(the production was directed by the deputy leader Josip Čerin).
Until 1900 tamburitza music was played virtually only by pan-Slavic
and South-Slavic oriented ensembles: either by purely tamburitza societies
or by tamburitza society sections. The Croatian (or Croatian-Slovenian) so-
ciety of medical students TOMISLAV had a singers’ section as well as a tam-
buritza section, initiated by the vet Dragutin Pozajić. The tamburitza play-
ers also performed – certainly from 1895 – at the events of Czech societies.
PROSVJETA. As the name suggests, it was a purely tamburitza Croa-
tian society. It certainly existed in 1893. Prosvjeta also accepted invitations
to play in both Czech and Slovak societies
In September 1907 Prosvjeta announced in the Czech-Viennese press
the idea of a great tamburitza-singing concert. The first response came from
Czech and Slovenian societies that were apparently attracted by the declared
objective – demonstration of Slavic solidarity. I have not managed to find
out whether or not the concert actually took place.
The tamburitza ensemble was also active in the inter-war period, and it
maintained close ties to the Czech-viennese tamburitza society Tovačovský.
There is only limited information about the Croatian society
ZVONČEK, which also applies to the number of known performances of its
tamburitza section. On 21 May 1899 both the society’s tamburitza players
and singers performed at the evening party of the society, and both groups
were led by Ruda Passauer. The tamburitza players then performed on 31
August 1902 at a large garden party of the Czech society Barák III.
The SLOGA society also had a tamburitza section. It has different spe
cification in different sources: it is either referred to as a South-Slavic socie-
ty or a Slovenian society, but always as a workers’ society or educational so-
ciety. The society was founded in 1891 and the tamburitza section in 1895. It
performed at its own events, as well as at different events organized by other.
The Slovenian society STRAŽA NA DUNAJU – was established in 1893
and it was a Catholic educational society. It is not known when exactly the
tamburitza section was formed; the first evidence of its activity is from Sep-
tember 1905, i.e. to the performance at the celebration of 20 years of activity
of the Česká beseda society in Hernals.
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mixed, and the female players sometimes performed with the Zvonimir
tamburitza players. There is no information about the ensemble after 1891.
The separate tamburitza ensemble of the Slovanský zpěvácký spolek
society probably did not last long. The mixed ensemble was formed in 1895,
and it had its first performance at the society’s concert on 5 December 1895
(the production was directed by the deputy leader Josip Čerin).
Until 1900 tamburitza music was played virtually only by pan-Slavic
and South-Slavic oriented ensembles: either by purely tamburitza societies
or by tamburitza society sections. The Croatian (or Croatian-Slovenian) so-
ciety of medical students TOMISLAV had a singers’ section as well as a tam-
buritza section, initiated by the vet Dragutin Pozajić. The tamburitza play-
ers also performed – certainly from 1895 – at the events of Czech societies.
PROSVJETA. As the name suggests, it was a purely tamburitza Croa-
tian society. It certainly existed in 1893. Prosvjeta also accepted invitations
to play in both Czech and Slovak societies
In September 1907 Prosvjeta announced in the Czech-Viennese press
the idea of a great tamburitza-singing concert. The first response came from
Czech and Slovenian societies that were apparently attracted by the declared
objective – demonstration of Slavic solidarity. I have not managed to find
out whether or not the concert actually took place.
The tamburitza ensemble was also active in the inter-war period, and it
maintained close ties to the Czech-viennese tamburitza society Tovačovský.
There is only limited information about the Croatian society
ZVONČEK, which also applies to the number of known performances of its
tamburitza section. On 21 May 1899 both the society’s tamburitza players
and singers performed at the evening party of the society, and both groups
were led by Ruda Passauer. The tamburitza players then performed on 31
August 1902 at a large garden party of the Czech society Barák III.
The SLOGA society also had a tamburitza section. It has different spe
cification in different sources: it is either referred to as a South-Slavic socie-
ty or a Slovenian society, but always as a workers’ society or educational so-
ciety. The society was founded in 1891 and the tamburitza section in 1895. It
performed at its own events, as well as at different events organized by other.
The Slovenian society STRAŽA NA DUNAJU – was established in 1893
and it was a Catholic educational society. It is not known when exactly the
tamburitza section was formed; the first evidence of its activity is from Sep-
tember 1905, i.e. to the performance at the celebration of 20 years of activity
of the Česká beseda society in Hernals.
217
