Musical Life in the Military Frontier: A Case Study of the 2nd Banal Regiment and Militär-Kommunität Petrinja

Abstract

The article deals with the musical life of the 2nd Banal Regiment and of Militär-Kommunität Petrinja situated in the Croatian Military Frontier. In the fi rst part of the article, the organisation of military musicians is presented and 486 individual identified musicians are listed, as well as the Regiment’s Kapellmeisters throughout the nineteenth century. The second part concerns Petrinja’s civilian musical institutions (Town Guard’s orchestra, Musikverein and the Croatian singing society »Slavulj«) and presents the circumstances of their respective foundations and their importance for Petrinja’s cultural and social life.

Keywords

• 2nd Banal Regiment
• military music
• Militär-Kommunität Petrinja
• Town Guard’s orchestra
• Petrinja Musikverein
• Croatian singing society »Slavulj«