Music in the Dominican convent of Marenberg : in search of sources

Motnik, Marko (author)

The Dominican monastery in Marenberg (Radlje ob Dravi), founded in 1251, was dissolved in 1782 by Emperor Joseph II. The general history of the monastic community is well researched, but there is no study of the role played by music. Information on music from the early days of the monastery is sparse, becoming more tangible only from the 17th century onwards. The convent chronicle of the early 18th century contains numerous details about nuns who devoted themselves to music. Some of them were trained singers, others played various instruments, and some even composed. The four antiphonaries of Marenberg survived the eventful history of the monastery. These manuscripts are presented to the public for the first time in the present article.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Marenberg, Dominicans, dissolution of monasteries, liturgical music, antiphonars
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2023
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 449-464
• Numbering: Letn. 83, [št.] 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164193
• UDC: 78:27-523.6-789.33-055.2(497.4Radlje ob Dravi)
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2023/02/Motnik
• COBISS.SI-ID: 174673923
• Publication date in RUL: 17.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik : glasilo Teološke fakultete v Ljubljani
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Teološka fakulteta
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Odkrivanje glasbenih virov iz marenberškega samostana dominikank

Abstract

V letu 1251 ustanovljeni samostan dominikank v Radljah ob Dravi (Marenberg) je cesar Jožef II. ukinil v letu 1782. Splošna zgodovina samostanske skupnosti je dobro raziskana, medtem ko vlogi glasbe doslej še ni bila posvečena nobena študija. Podatki o glasbi iz zgodnjega obdobja samostana so redki in bolj oprijemljivi šele od 17. stoletja dalje. Samostanska kronika iz zgodnjega 18. stoletja vsebuje številne podatke o redovnicah, ki so se posvečale glasbi. Nekatere izmed njih so bile izurjene pevke, druge so igrale različne inštrumente in nekatere so celo skladale. Razgibano zgodovino samostana vključno z ukinitvijo so preživeli štirje antifonariji, ki so v pričujočem članku prvič predstavljeni javnosti.

• Keywords: Marenberg, dominikanke, ukinitev samostanov, liturgična glasba, antifonar

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: J6-1809
• Name: Stare tradicije v novih oblačilih: glasbene in besedilne predelave v izvajalski praksi liturgične glasbe