The Elements of Traditional Slavonian Music in the Pieces of 20th-Century Art Music Composers

Abstract

The doctoral dissertation entitled The Elements of Traditional Slavonian Music in the Pieces of 20th-Century Art Music Composers aims to scientifi cally research the presence of Slavonian melos in 20th-century art music. The role and presence of Slavonian traditional music in art music is almost completely unknown, even unfairly neglected. In some papers and analyses the infl uence of Slavonian melos on certain composers’ works is mentioned (Kovačević, Tomašek), however, the authors do not delve deeper into the issues themselves, and there are no detailed scientifi c studies on these issues. Therefore, this dissertation tries to comprehensively and thoroughly deal with the issue of the presence and importance of Slavonian traditional music in art music. The dissertation research area is 20th-century art music in which we fi nd the infl uence of the traditional musical heritage of Slavonia. Specifi c objectives have also emerged from the research area: 1. to research the tonal material and select and present examples with particular relevance to the topic of the dissertation;