This project is about imperial, meta-national, and national discourses on music at the southern military border of the Habsburg Monarchy. The specially protected border space along the lower Danube region, where the Slavonian (1745–1881) and the Banat (1751–1873) Military Frontiers were established to protect the Empire from the Ottoman military operations, allowed for a multi-layered cultural transfer which involved the remote capital (Vienna), the free royal cities in Pannonia as local centers, and the main towns within the border space, as well as the Ottoman Empire beyond the border.
My analysis is based on writings on music, mainly the musical and cultural life, concert and theater guest performances, published in the newspapers in German ("Esseker Lokalblatt und Landbote", "Slawonische Presse" in Slavonia; "Groß-Becskereker Wochenblatt", "Banater Post" in the Banat), in Serbian ("Glas", "Pančevac"), in Croatian ("Virovitičanin", "Sriemski Hrvat") and in Hungarian ("Torontál"), but also in periodicals, anniversary publications of choral societies and theatres, the program notes of music performances, books and later established professional music journals, as well as publications by the first professional musicologists (e.g. Franjo Kuhač). Within the complex pluricultural, i.e. multiethnic, multilingual, and multireligious (Christian – Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant; Jewish; Muslim heritage) border region, writings on music convey the full panorama of cosmopolitan, imperial, Pan-Slavic, and (meta-)national narratives of different social groups, emerging from the complex network of cultural and administrative institutions within the imperial context (Germans and Croats lived in the Habsburg Monarchy), including the diaspora (Serbs were divided between the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires), also considering a phase of Pan-Slavism (Austroslavism) and general social and sociological aspects.
The project’s theoretical framework is related to the structures of power and the construction of vernacular languages, challenging the concept of identity to provide more profound insights into cultural and social practices. The deeply-rooted nationalist attitude will be counterbalanced by elucidating the multifaceted variety of the – ultimately overlapping – imperial and national perspectives. These served as a basis for various self-representations even among the same national and religious communities and numerous minorities. The cultural and musical activities of settlers in the area between the two empires, including the Slavs (Serbs, Croats, Slovaks), Hungarians, Germans, Romanians, and Jews are also considered.
Markovic, Tatjana (16.11.2023) Wiederbelebung des verbotenen slawischen Märchens: ‚Schwanda, der Dudelsackpfeifer‘ von Jaromir Weinberger.“ Zur Premiere im Theater an der Wien / Museumsquartier am 18. November 2023. Vortrag bei: Einführungsvortrag (Zur Premiere im Theater an der Wien / Museumsquartier) (ÖGM - Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musik), Wien/AUSTRIA <http://www.oegm.org/events/list/?tribe_paged=2&tribe_event_display=past>.
Markovic, Tatjana (10.10.2023) Reception of Beethoven and his work in Serbia in the interwar period. Vortrag bei: „Reception of Beethoven and his work in Serbia in the interwar period“, Beethoven and His Music in Nazi-Occupied European Countries (Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau), Warsaw/POLAND.
Markovic, Tatjana (01.09.2023) A Serbian composer as ‘national treasure’ of Canada: Ana Sokolović’s ‘Svadba’ (2010/2011). Vortrag bei: The 8th International Conference of the IMS-RASMB Musical Cultures and Diasporas in the Balkans (International Musicological Society - RASMB Regional Association for the Study of Music of the Balkans), Thessaloniki/GREECE <https://rasmb-ims2023.gr/media/attachments/2023/09/15/ims-rasmb-2023-program.pdf>.
Markovic, Tatjana (26.11.2022) Beyond Nationalism: A Balkan Opera Perspective. Vortrag bei: Transcending Nationalism: Music in Russia and East-Central Europe at the Turn of the 19th Century, Lucca (online)/ITALY <https://www.luigiboccherini.org/2022/06/22/transcending-nationalism-music-in-russia-and-east-central-europe-at-the-turn-of-the-19th-century/>.
Markovic, Tatjana (26.11.2022) Beyond Nationalism: A Balkan Perspective. Vortrag bei: Transcending Nationalism: Music in Russia and East-Central Europe at the Turn of the 19th Century (Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini, CRECEPS – Centre for Russian, East-Central European and Post-Soviet Music Studies), online/ITALY.
Markovic, Tatjana (13.10.2022) Musicology versus cultural heritage: A case study on imperial legacy. Vortrag bei: Cultural Heritage: Challenges and Opportunities (ACDH), Wien/AUSTRIA.
Markovic, Tatjana (13.10.2022) Musicology and cultural heritage: A case study on imperial legacy. Vortrag bei: Standortbestimmung Kulturelles Erbe: Herausforderungen und Potenziale (ACDH ÖAW), Wien/AUSTRIA.
Markovic, Tatjana (08.10.2022) Keynote lecture "Concepts and Technologies of opera set design: Archaeology of (post)opera". Vortrag bei: The biennial Baltic musicological conference MUSIC AND VISUAL CULTURE: SCORE, STAGE & SCREEN (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre), Vilnius/LITHUANIA <https://lmta.lt/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-10-6-8_Baltic-Musicological-Conference_SCHEDULE_A5-sulankstomas.pdf>.
Markovic, Tatjana (07.10.2022) Archaeology of opera: Concepts and technologies of opera set design. Vortrag bei: The Biennial Baltic Musicological Conference "Music and visual culture: Score, stage and screen" (Litauische Akademie für Musik und Theater (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre)), Vilnius/LITHUANIA.
Markovic, Tatjana (05.10.2022) Music in time of historical turn. Vortrag bei: The biennial Baltic musicological conference "music & Visual Culture" (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre), Vilnius/LITHUANIA.
Markovic, Tatjana (21.09.2022) “Oriental” Female Life Behind the Veils: Music in Harem in Niš (1894/1897). Vortrag bei: Musikalische Praxis im langen 19. Jahrhundert: Unbekannte Ego-Dokumente aus Zentraleuropa (IMI-Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Interpreationsforschung, MDW-Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst), Wien/AUSTRIA <https://www.mdw.ac.at/imi/unbekannte-ego-dokumente/>.
Markovic, Tatjana (21.09.2022) “Oriental” Female Life Behind the Veils: Music in Harem in Niš (1894/1897). Vortrag bei: Musikalische Praxis im langen 19. Jahrhundert: Unbekannte Ego-Dokumente aus Zentraleuropa (Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Interpretationsforschung, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien), Wien/AUSTRIA <https://www.mdw.ac.at/imi/aktuelle-veranstaltungen/unbekannte-ego-dokumente/>.
Markovic, Tatjana (26.08.2022) Petros Petridis’s Borders Crossing. Vortrag bei: 21st Quinquennial Congress of the International Musicological Society (International Musicological Society), Athens/GREECE.
Markovic, Tatjana (26.08.2022) Petros Petridis’s Borders Crossing. Vortrag bei: 21st Quinquennial Congress of the International Musicological Society), Athens/GREECE <https://pcoconvin.eventsair.com/ims22/>.
Markovic, Tatjana (25.08.2022) Area Studies and Borders: Theoretical Framework at the Studa Group "Session Researching Musical Culture(s) beyond the Borders: Case Studies from Southeast Europe”. Vortrag bei: 21st Quinquennial Congress of the International Musicological Society (International Musicological Society), Athens/GREECE.
Markovic, Tatjana (25.08.2022) Area Studies and Borders: Theoretical Framework. Vortrag bei: 21st Quinquennial Congress of the International Musicological Society), Athens/GREECE <https://pcoconvin.eventsair.com/ims22/>.
Markovic, Tatjana (10.06.2022) Establishing Turkish National Opera in Southeast European Context (1934). Vortrag bei: Europe and Europeans on the Ottoman/Turkish stage and the establishment of opera in Turkes from the 19th until the mid-20th centura (Don Juan Archiv Wien, Theatre Foundation of Turkey, Vienna School of International Studies, Pera Museum Istanbul, iTi - International Theatre Institute of UNESCO Centre Austria), Wien/AUSTRIA <http://www.donjuanarchiv.at/veranstaltungen/symposia/symposia-2022.html>.
Markovic, Tatjana (28.05.2022) Emerging of national opera traditions in the Balkans. Vortrag bei: Towards a Common Regional History of Our Nation Building Strategies Traveling Directors, Musicians (Hungarian Music History of the Institute for Musicology Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network), Budapest/HUNGARY <https://zti.hu/files/mzt/v4_conference/>.
Markovic, Tatjana (27.05.2022) Guest performances of Karl/Carl Rémay’s theater troupe in the Banat in 1862-1866. Vortrag bei: Towards a Common Regional History of Our Nation-Building Strategies. Traveling Directors, Musicians. An International Musicological Conference (Institute for Musicology, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Budapest/HUNGARY <https://zti.hu/files/mzt/v4_conference/>.
Markovic, Tatjana (27.05.2022) Guest performances of Karl/Carl Rémay’s theater troupe in Groß-Becskerek in 1862-1869. Vortrag bei: Towards a Common Regional History of Our Nation Building Strategies Traveling Directors, Musicians (Hungarian Music History of the Institute for Musicology Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network), Budapest/HUNGARY <https://zti.hu/files/mzt/v4_conference/>.
Projektleiterin
Mitarbeiterin
Laufzeit
10/2019 – 01/2026
Finanzierung
Einzelprojekt P32695
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