Orgulje Bjelovarsko-bilogorske županije
The Organs of the Bjelovar-Bilogora County

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the organ fund of the Bjelovar-Bilogora County, its technical and artistic features, and its historical path from the mid-18th century to the present. Taking into account the complexity of the organ, the only possible way to conduct high-quality organist-organological analysis is by checking the instrument with the aim of defining its constructional and technical aspects. Church archives offer the most reliable information on the historical path. Such an interdisciplinary organist-organological approach to the organ-related topics, in this particular case the organs from the territory of the Bjelovar-Bilogora County, helps better understanding of the subject problem issues, and contributes to the knowledge of the history and the profession (organology). Such an approach is of exceptional importance, as it enables conservators to perform high-quality valorisation of the instruments, and organists to make use of valuable information for restoration and conservation activities. The data presented in this paper regarding organists and the organ fund, as well as their historical path in the area of the Bjelovar-Bilogora County, are a result of the field and archival research conducted in the periods 2012–2014 and 2020–2021. This is their first systematic presentation.

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