Naslov
How to Establish a Public (Music) Library: The Case of Nikola Udina/Algarotti and His Music Collection
(Kako osnovati javnu (glazbenu) knjižnicu: slučaj Nikole Udine/Algarottija i njegove glazbene zbirke)

Autori
Katalinić, Vjera

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Institutionalization of Modern Bourgeois Musical Culture in the 19th Century

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 07.10.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
Nikola Udina/Algarotti, Music Library, Music Collection
(Nikola Udina/Algarotti, glazbena knjižnica, glazbena zbirka)

Sažetak
The thesis of the paper is that Nikola Udina/Algarotti (Krk, 1791 – Vienna, 1838) started to collect his music material (and books, as well as musical instruments, but the focus will be put on sheet music) with the intention to create a public library. The arguments can be found in various documents that will be presented here as well as some presumptions and speculations that gave him the impulse for such a large and demanding action. Further, some characteristics of the music collection itself can reveal both the intention and the way of realizing his project that resulted with the huge donation/bequest of almost 3500 music items (along with a few thousand books) to his native city of Krk that enabled the foundation of Biblioteca Algarotti, opened in a specially adapted building. That was an immense benefit for a small town with less than 1000 inhabitants, but with urban infrastructure within rural places in its vicinity. However, only two generations of locals used it during the second half of the nineteenth century, because the lack of finances caused its closure in 1894.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Znanost o umjetnosti

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