Poems by Dragutin Domjanić Set to Music/Uglazbljene pjesme Dragutina Domjanića

Abstract

Abstract 

The 140th anniversary of the birth of the poet Dragutin Domjanić was marked in 2015. Composers Franjo Lučić, Vlaho Paljetak, Božidar Širola and Rudolf Matz set Domjanić’s verses to music, and this paper analyses some of these poems: “Popevka“ [“A Song“], “Kaj” [“What”], “Fala” [“Thank You”], “Popevke sem slagal” [“I Wrote Poems”], “Noć” [“The Night”], “Veter zgorec” [“The Mountain Wind”], “K suncu prosi vsaka roža” [“As Each Rose Stems towards the Sun”], “Snešica” [“A Young Girl”] and “Protuletna” [“A Spring Song”]. “K suncu prosi vsaka roža” [“As Each Rose Stems towards the Sun”], found in the collection “Pjevajte Gospodinu pjesmu novu” [“Sing to the Lord a New Song”] became part of the church liturgy. The poems “Fala” [“Thank You”] and “Kaj” [“What”] are part of the Croatian national heritage and were published in the collection “Tambura u Hrvata” [“Tamburitza in Croatia”]. Domjanić’s poems are extremely colourful, rich in landscape descriptions, and activate all the human senses. In his songs, “kajkavština” (the Kajkavian idiolect) is presented in all its fullness, beauty and luxury. The author’s love for the homeland is especially emphasised in the poem “Kaj” [“What”]. Love for a woman is interwoven with motifs from nature, forming an indivisible unit, while religious motifs are present in the poem “K suncu prosi vsaka roža” [“As Each Rose Stems towards the Sun”].

Key words: Dragutin Domjanić; Croatian Impressionism; music; poetry; sheet music.

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Sažetak

Godine 2015. navršila se 140. obljetnica rođenja pjesnika Dragutina Domjanić. Skladatelji Franjo Lučić, Vlaho Paljetak, Božidar Širola i Rudolf Matz uglazbili su njegove stihove, a u radu se analiziraju notni zapisi ovih pjesama: “Popevka”, “Kaj”, “Fala”, “Popevke sem slagal”, “Noć”, “Veter zgorec”, “K suncu prosi vsaka roža”, “Snešica” i “Protuletna”. Pjesma “K suncu prosi vsaka roža” postala je dio crkvene liturgije, uvrštavanjem u zbirku “Pjevajte Gospodinu pjesmu novu”. Pjesme “Fala” i “Kaj” postale su dio hrvatskoga narodnoga blaga, a objavljene su, između ostaloga, u zbirci “Tambura u Hrvata”. Domjanićeve su pjesme iznimno koloristične, bogate pejzažima, te aktiviraju sva ljudska čula. U njima je kajkavština predstavljena u čitavoj svojoj punini, ljepoti i raskoši. Piščeva ljubav prema dragomu kraju i ljudima također dolazi do izražaja, osobito u pjesmi “Kaj”. Ljubav prema dragoj prožima se s motivima prirode i time čini neodvojivu cjelinu, a religiozni je motiv prisutan u pjesmi “K suncu prosi vsaka roža”.  

Ključne riječi: Dragutin Domjanić; glazba; hrvatski impresionizam; notni zapis; poezija.