Pijanistički erudit Jurica Murai
Pianistic erudite Jurica Murai

Summary/Abstract: The legacy of the Academy member Jurica Murai which testifies Murai’s constant wish for most different forms in humanistic and artistic knowledge is preserved in the Music Collection of National and University Library in Zagreb an archives of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, The Department for the History of Croatian Music in Zagreb. Numerous music editions, score sheets, editions and transcripts are enriched with manuscript notes and notebooks as an original testimony of his lifetime creativity. With the insight in one part of Murai’s working materials which he named “J. S. Bach: Das wohltemperierte Klavier“, this paper shows curious, thorough, analytic and mathematic personality of this pianist, and with the analysis of his notes, the paper enlightens Murai’s scientific approach to the concert repertoire and the path of preparation which leads to the perfect concert performance.

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