Father Anzelmo Canjuga: “Prison Camp” Compositions for Organs (Stara Gradiška 1947 – 1952)

U arhivu Kapucinske biblioteke u Osijeku odnedavno je pohranjen dio ostavštine o. Anzelma Canjuge: Logorske skladbe za orgulje (Stara Gradiška 1947 – 52.). Radi se o rukopisnom fondu orguljaških djela o. Anzelma Canjuge, nastalih tijekom njegova zatočeništva u zatvoru u Staroj Gradiški. Poslije njegove smrti u zatvoru ova su djela spašena i ostala sačuvana zahvaljujući braći svećenicima B. Birtu i Đ. Golubiću, da bi potom bila predana i pohranjena u kapucinske arhive u Osijeku i Zagrebu. Logorske skladbe za orgulje o. Anzelma Canjuge, nastale u razdoblju 1947 – 52., bogat su i nepoznat dio Canjugine skladateljske ostavštine. Radi se o pet kajdanki, od kojih su četiri brižljivo čuvane u Osijeku i o njima se skrbio pater Zvonko Pšag – to su kajdanke označene autorovim rukopisom kao br. VII, VIII, X i XI. Kajdanka br. IX naknadno je otkrivena u arhivu Provincijalata Hrvatske kapucinske provincije sv. Leopolda Bogdana Mandića u Dubravi, u Zagrebu. Logorski orguljaški opus o. Anzelma impresionira kvantitetom i stručnošću skladatelja svećenika: od kantualnih kompozicija, zatim onih autohtono orguljaških formalno oblikovanih u duhu cecilijanskih ideja vodilja sve do vrhunca u ovom opusu. Radi se o skladbama Crkvena godina – 4 stavka za orgulje (u kajdankama od VIII. - X.) te o Missae u As-duru (kraj X. i XI. kajdanka), s tim da ovdje nedostaje završetak. Ova su logorska djela skladatelja svećenika o. Anzelma Canjuge svjedočanstvo teške borbe sakralne umjetnosti s ideologijom tadašnjeg vremena. Unatoč pokušaju da se zatru, danas su pred nama i otvaraju nam do sada nepoznato poglavlje hrvatske crkvene glazbene povijestiPart of the heritage of f. Anzelmo Canjuga has recently been stored in the archives of the Capuchin Library in Osijek: the compositions for organs, written in the prison camp in Stara Gradiška (1947 – 1952). It is a fund of manuscript compositions for organs, which f. Anzelmo Canjuga wrote in the time of his imprisonment in Stara Gradiška. After his death in prison, his work was saved and undamaged thanks to priests B. Birt and Ð. Golubić. Later it was stored in the archives of the Capuchin Libraries in Osijek and Zagreb. These compositions, written in the prison camp 1947 – 1952 are very significant part of f. Anzelmo’s heritage in compositions. It consists of five music manuscript books, four of them carefully treasured in Osijek. Father Zvonko Pšag has been keeping them safe, and they are marked by the author himself under numbers 7, 8, 10 and 11. The manuscript music book number 11 was discovered later than the other three, in Zagreb, Dubrava, in the archives of the Croatian Capuchin Province of St. Leopold Mandić. F. Anzelmo’s opus from the prison camp impresses by its quantity and by the expertise of the priest, composer – from the Cantual, through autochthonous compositions for organs created in the spirit of Caecilian ideas, up to the best works of the opus: composition “Crkvena godina” (liturgical year) – four movements for organs (music manuscripts 8 – 10), “Missae” in A flat major (the end of 10 and 11) with no ending. These works of father Anzelmo bear witness to the demanding struggle of sacral arts against the ideology of that time. The fact that this work was preserved in spite of all the difficulties, has opened a completely new chapter in the history of the Croatian sacral music