DAVORIN JENKO I KULTURNI ŽIVOT SLOVENACA I SRBA U DRUGOJ POLOVINI XIX VEKA

Davorin Jenko was a choirmaster, conductor, musical tutor as well as, for almost half a century, a composer. Therefore, his life should be evaluated as marked by pedagogical and cultural-artistic work, and a fight for the national revival of Slovenes and Serbs within the Pan-Slavic movement. Ethnic relations in the romantic and post-romantic era were extremely tense. At the same time, that was an exceedingly important time for the Slovenes and the Serbs, a time that brought about cultural renaissance and development. In the late 19th century Jenko became one of the first representatives of the Romantic Era of Slovenian and late Serbian music. Despite his exceptional role in this cultural renaissance, during his lifetime he hasn’t received a proper place or honors in Slovenia. It was the Serbs who honored Jenko with full membership in the Serbian Royal Academy.Davorin Jenko je bio horovođa, dirigent, muzički pedagog i gotovo pola veka bavio se komponovanjem. Zbog toga je njegov život u ovom radu analiziran kroz nekoliko aspekata. On je obeležen pedagoškim i kulturno-umetničkim radom kao i borbom za nacionalni preporod Slovenaca i Srba u okviru sveslovenskog pokreta. Nacionalni odnosi u romantičarskom i poznoromantičarskom periodu bili su veoma napeti. Istovremeno, to je kako za Slovence tako i za Srbe bio veoma značajan period tokom kojeg su doživeli kulturni preporod i razvoj. Krajem XIX veka Jenko je postao jedan od prvih predstavnika romantizma u slovenačkoj, a kasnije i srpskoj muzici. Uprkos njegovoj izuzetnoj ulozi u kulturnom preporodu, Jenko za vreme svog života u Sloveniji nije dobio adekvatano priznanje. Za razliku od Slovenije, Jenku je u Srbiji ukazana čast članstvom u Srpskoj kraljevskoj akademiji