Autograf "Crkvene lire" ilirskog glazbenika Fortunata Pintarića nije bio uništen već samo zagubljen

Fortunat Pintaric belongs to the greatest church composers in the history of the Croatian people, whose title "the Croatian Mozart" is perhaps a little too exaggerated. He obtained the title mostly owing to his instrumental compositions for the organ, especially Dudas, which are doubtlessly the most valuable part of his opus as a composer. The analysis of his church folk valuable part of his opus as a composer. The analysis of his church folk chants from CL as well as the ones published in the "Book of Chants" ("Knjiga pjesmah") clearly shows that even in that field he was fruitful, good and special, despite all the imperfections of a great number of his chants. We can say that he created his own style of the Croatian folk chant, primarily characterized personal piousness and liturgical ceremony in the same extent. Owing to the excellence of the melodious harmonization a great number of the chants even nowadays, 150 years after their appearance, is still capable of arousing pleasant spiritual mood in the listener. The discovery of the new parts of his original CL obliges us to study it carefully and to evaluate it fully, both in regard of the text and tune, which will show that considerable part of Fortunat Pintaric\u27s work in the new light