Affiliation:
1. University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, Serbia
2. University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Music, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract
Pursuant to the insight into the personal files of Kosta P. Manojlovic
(1890-1949) and other relevant archival materials, deposited in the Archives
of Serbia and the Archives of Yugoslavia, the paper examines the issue of
the beginnings of the complex professional career of this composer, music
life organizer, music performer, writer and pedagogue. Starting from the
peculiarities related to the career in the field of music, an extremely
important and delicate phase of the transition from the stage of education
to the first professional activities has been analysed. Beginning with the
correspondence connected with the career development of Kosta P. Manojlovic
at a significant moment in Serbian music history and using an
interdisciplinary approach, the important aspects of the first development
phases of the musician?s professional career have been pointed out. In
particular, most attention has been paid to the transition from education to
work, which, in the case of the Oxford graduate, was complicated, not only
because of the composer?s life circumstances, the World War I which had
ended recently, time constraints, but also because of significant
differences in education systems between the UK and the newly established
Kingdom of SCS. From the very beginning, Manojlovic?s career has shown its
multifunctional, changeable, and dynamic sides, but also certain constants,
among which his distinct inclination towards the national tradition stands
out. Regardless of the significant differences in the relation between the
present time, characterised by rapid technological changes, merging of
digital technologies with almost all spheres of life and work, new ways of
communication and numerous global phenomena, and the period in which an
?idealist romantic? Manojlovic built his own career, some of the most
important aspects related to the career development of a professional
musician have not changed. Reliance on personal capacities, musical talent,
creativity, flexibility, realism and a good assessment of one?s own
potentials, but also on the quality of education, entrepreneurship,
networking and maintaining a quality relationship with the mentor have been
noticed as extremely significant.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
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