New Sound International Journal of Music

Intuitive Journey through Vocal Diversity. A Conversation with Jug Marković

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Conversation with a composer

S is for Singing, Scene, Serbia: Tendencies in the world of 21st Century (Post)Opera

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The twenty-first century saw an abrupt and remarkable resurgence of activity in the contemporary opera scene in Serbia. In particular, three new operatic works appeared around the turn of the millennium: DreamOpera (2001) by the group TkH (Teorija koja Hoda [Walking Theory]) with Jasna Veličković, the chamber opera Narcissus and Eho (Narcis i Eho, 2002) by Anja Đorđević, and the opera Zora D. (2003) by Isidora Žebeljan. Those three works exemplified three different attitudes to opera in Serbia: (1) a reliance on and reinventing of conventional operatic protocols while drawing inspiration from national heritage, folklore and tradition (Žebeljan); (2) various postmodern strategies calling into question the conventional form, way of singing and content of opera (in the case of Narcissus and Echo by Đorđević, this meant exploring crossover music); and (3) a conceptual and experimental approach to opera (TkH and Veličković).

The Space Between Image and Music in the Film Without Words

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This paper examines the relationship between music and image in the experimental film Without Words directed by Miloš Radivojević (1972). The interaction of music, through Kornelije Kovač’s improvisation and musical theme, silence, through the absence of noise, speech and sound design, and image, as an experimental, non-narrative form, provides fertile ground for analysis: that of each individual element’s effect on the viewer, as well as of their joint, interdependent creation, which conveys a strong impression. This analysis focuses on the process of constructing the music score through music improvisation, and the effective use of the musical theme in this film, as well as its multi conventional role within a non-conventional film system.

Semiosis of the Opera The Knock by Aleksandra Vrebalov

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The opera The Knock was commissioned by the Glimmerglass Festival and was planned to be performed in 2021. Due to the pandemic the premiere was postponed, but Glimmerglass decided to film the opera and stream it on YouTube. The screened version of The Knock is the subject of this paper. Despite the setback, the opera had its live premiere on June 23, 2023 at the Cincinnati Opera House.

The libretto of The Knock was inspired by the autobiographical testimonies of military wives which Deborah Brevoort, the librettist, relied upon. Inspired by the strong emotions of the story along with the inner monologue of the characters, Aleksandra Vrebalov created music which not only reflects these inner states, but together with the text and image creates an inextricable semantic network, or in other words, a semiosis of the artwork.

Educational Mission of Milan Đ. Milićević (1831–1908) in the Context of Serbian Music Education

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The oeuvre of the Serbian educator, writer, pedagogue, translator and ethnographer Milan Đ. Milićević completes the existing picture of music pedagogy in Serbia in the second half of the 19^th century. Although Milićević did not directly deal with music pedagogical issues, he was deeply convinced that learning music has a central role in the moral development of the individual and community if it is grounded in mastering church chants and folk songs in the teaching process. This would correspond to the concept of folk music pedagogy, which is in conformity with the general guidelines in Serbian music education in the 19^th century.

Women’s Leadership in Professional Ensembles of Folk Dances and Songs in Serbia

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In this paper women’s leadership will be reviewed through the professional biographies of two women who, in the role of director, managed the stage presentation of folk dance and music in Serbia. One of them is Olga Skovran, who laid the foundation of folklore professionalism in Serbia and the region and established the Ensemble “Kolo”. She was the Ensemble’s general manager from 1948 to 1965. The other woman is Snežana Jovanović, who has been the head of the Folk Dance and Song Ensemble of Kosovo and Metohija “Venac” from Gračanica since 2013. This paper will reflect on the professional positions of these two female figures who worked in historically different times. In addition, special attention will be given to defining leadership within two temporal and spatial dimensions, as well as the competences required for leading a professional ensemble in specific political, economic, artistic, and other conditions.

Tobias Pontara, "Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sounding Cinema: Music and Meaning from Solaris to The Sacrifice". New York & London: Routledge, 2020, 206 pp.

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Book review

Borislav Hložan (Ed.): Opsednute vedrine Dušana Radića [The Besieged Gaieties of Dušan Radić]. A Collection of Scholarly Papers Presented at the Musicological Conference Held in Novi Sad on 25 and 26 November 2021. Novi Sad: Kulturni centar Vojvodine “M

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Book review

Review of the 31st International Review of Composers in Belgrade (October 4th – October 8th, 2022)

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Review of the 31st International Review of Composers