| Title: | The Sarajevo Period of Dane Škerl’s Artistic Activity |
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| Authors: | ID Hadžić, Fatima (Author) |
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| Files: |  ZUP_Hadzic_Fatima_2026.pdf (1,12 MB)
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Not categorized |
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| Typology: | 1.16 - Independent Scientific Component Part or a Chapter in a Monograph |
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| Organization: | ZUP - University of Primorska Press
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| Abstract: | Dane Škerl (Ljubljana, 1931–Bovec, 2002) was a Slovenian composer, conductor and professor. He graduated in Composition in 1952 from the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana in the class of Lucijan Marija Škerjanc. Afterwards, Škerl headed for further specialisation to Austria and Germany, where he was active as a conductor and music teacher. From 1960 to 1970, he worked at the Academy of Music in Sarajevo as a professor, after which he returned to Slovenia, where he worked as a professor of composition at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana until his retirement in 1995. The paper strives to describe and contextualise the Škerl’s 10 years of activity in the cultural life of Sarajevo, with special reference to his activity as a composer in terms of the compositional technique and stylistic tendencies. Besides his pedagogical role, he was strongly involved in the social and cultural life of Sarajevo as a collaborator with Radio Sarajevo (serving as advisor, recording engineer, and conductor), a member of various juries, forums, and associations, and artistic councils – particularly with the Opera and the Sarajevo Philharmonic. During this period, Škerl composed over 20 works, mostly symphonic, concertante and vocal-instrumental. The genre diversity of the Škerl’s opus is emphasised through directing the focus of analytical attention to three compositions written in three different points of time, showing the evolution of his compositional style: Pet skladb [Five Pieces] for clarinet and string orchestra (1961), Symphony No. 2 (1963) and Bagatele [Bagatelles] for piano (1968), indicating the persistence of the Neoclassical orientation as a firm stylistic ground based on an evident adherence to a particular harmonic centre and thematic way of shaping the material, but also the emergence of expressionistic tendencies manifested through serialism. Although Škerl remained faithful to the “middle path” between the tendencies, it is important to consider the historical context: since neither Bosnian-Herzegovinian composers nor those from the other Yugoslav republics had strongly expressed contemporary, much less avant-garde tendencies at the time, during the Sarajevo artistic period Škerl demonstrated boldness by opening new perspectives in musical composition and contributing to the burgeoning trend of musical experimentation. |
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| Keywords: | Dane Škerl, Slovenian Composers, Music Culture in Sarajevo, Neoclassical Style, Expressionism Tendencies |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Place of publishing: | Koper in Ljubljana |
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| Publisher: | Založba Univerze na Primorskem in Festival Ljubljana |
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| Year of publishing: | 2026 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 243-262 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUP-22758  |
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| ISBN: | 9789612935559 |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-293-555-9.243-262 |
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| Publication date in RUP: | 10.03.2026 |
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