The musicological work of Dobroslav Orel (1870–1942) covers a wide range of activities in the field of musical historiography. He is closely linked to the establishment of the Musicological Seminar at the Philosophical Faculty of the Comenius University in Bratislava (1921); he also established a research centre for heuristic research of musical sources preserved in Slovakia. The work of Professor Orel is described and reflected on by his disciples – Konštantín Hudec, Antonín Hořejš, Zdenka Bokesová-Hanáková, as well as by the later generation of Slovakian musicologists – Jozef Kresánek, Ladislav Burlas, Richard Rybarič, Ladislav Mokrý and others. The goal of this contribution is to provide an outline of his research into the ancient history of music as reflected in the works of Slovakian musicologists, as well as assessing his methodological points of departure from the perspective of the present state of musicology.
The sociological term migration is used in historical musicology to express the notion of transfer of music, in connection with its social origins and functions, accompanying people through their lives and migrating with them. Music migration stems from the voluntary or forced relocation of musicians (exile) or the search for new job opportunities. Musicological research addresses the most common related issues linked to the dissemination of manuscripts and early prints from musical hubs to the periphery, including via a comparison of the respective musical repertoires. The aim of the study is to characterize those music sources preserved in the Spiš region which document music migration in the Central European context in the 16th and 17th centuries. The study also focuses on the migration of musicians to neighbouring regions (Šariš, Gemer, Malohont) and cross-border migration (Central Germany, Silesia, Transylvania) as well as the possibility of transmitting musical sources in the multi-ethnic environment of the Lutheran cantorates.
Doc. PhDr. František Matúš, CSc. (1936 – 2023) worked as a senior lecturer in the field of music education at the University of Prešov. He specialized in musical historiography and ethnomusicology and, at the same time, he was actively engaged in the regional musical life of Prešov as a publicist and publisher of sheet music and musical editions. In his regional musicological research focusing on the historical regions of Spiš and Šariš he dealt with 1) outstanding personalities linked to the region (Béla Kéler, Samuel Marckfelner, Zachariáš Zarevúcky, Leonard Stöckel, Anton Cíger, Mikuláš Moyzes), 2) folk musical instruments (gajdica) and 3) the repertoire of unique regional performers of folk songs (Monika Kandráčová). František Matúš is the author of several monographs (S hudbou v srdci Tatier [Musical Inspirations in the Heart of the High Tatras], 1996), dozens of scientific studies and articles; he is also the recipient of several awards (Pavel Tonkovič Award, 1993; Prešov City Award, 1996; Memorial Medal of the Rector of the Prešov University in Prešov, 2017).
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