Glazbene migracije i kulturni transfer: Vaňhal i neki suvremenici
Music migrations and cultural transfer: Vaňhal and some contemporaries

Summary/Abstract: Jan Křtitel Vaňhal had sojourned quite shortly in Croatian lands, but nevertheless left some traces, at least in compositions which have been preserved in Varaždin musical collections and elsewhere. He was only one among the Czechs who belonged to one of the two great European migratory waves: his compatriots mostly moved towards the West (if not only to Vienna, but also to Mannheim and further), and also to the South, for example to Varaždin and Zagreb. The second important migrant group were Italians, who brought and disseminated their Baroque tradition from Madrid to London and St Petersburg. Croatian lands were influenced by both migrations; in this, the Czech musicians were mostly oriented towards the interior part of Croatia, while the Italians mostly visited the eastern shores of the Adriatic, especially larger towns such as Rijeka, Zadar, Split and Dubrovnik. However, musicians from Croatian lands also migrated abroad, either to gain more advanced music education and then to return home, or trying to earn recognition in foreign lands. This text is dealing with the analysis of various types of migrations of foreign and domestic musicians; it is also offering case studies and tries to identify permanent enrichments (cultural transfers!) as the final outcome of such migrations, especially those important for Croatian musical life.

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