Introduction to Music and Art in Albania during the 20-th Century

• Author: Ana Kaçinari
• Position: University of Arts, Tirana
• Pages: 146-149

Vol. 2 No. 2

July 2016

Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences

IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania

ISSN 2410-3918

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Introduction to Music and Art in Albania during the 20-th Century

Ana Kaçinari

University of Arts - Tirana

Abstract

Albanian music, which dates back to the Albanian Independence, is characterized by two

main aspects: supporting of patriotic, illuminist and democratic ideas and a model in most

classical or romantic music as well as being linked to folk music. The history of last year’s is

followed with the oppression and dream to come close to the European Culture. During this

relativelylong periodalmost halfcenturytherstmusical compositionswere createdin

AlbaniaInitiallythereweresomepreprofessionalaemptstocreategenuinemusicalcom-

positionswhichhadasignicantroleinsomeaspects

Firstthese compositions leadedto thecreation of therst musicalgenres oftheAlbanian

musicSeconddierentvocalandorchestralensemblesstartedtoincludeintheirrepertoires

operas of Albanian authors and in the case of vocal operas, even with Albanian language texts.

Third, the level of musical compositions was updated, from folk music towards a level that

wouldimprovedecadeaerdecade

From the ranking of piano operas of the Albanian music that I did and showed at the end of

thisworkitisnoticedthattherstoperasofourpianomusicsprungduringtherstyearsof

20thcenturyThoseyearswerelledwithendeavoursandstruggles fornationalidentityfor

the protection of borders from excessive greed of our neighbours or superpowers interests

andalso yearsofthe rstaempts tofollowthe stepsof developedcountriesculturesthat

surroundusSo itwasthetimeofeortsfor cultivationofpeopleandstepbystep creation

of our cultural identity. Referring to this, the Albanian writer, aesthete, translator and teacher

Ernest Koliqi wrote:

Itisanaxiomatic armationthatsmallnationsthatwouldnotknowhowtoorganise their

culture, fatally would dissolve under huge political and social exacerbations emerging today.

Wearemovingtoward formationofapolitically unitedEuropeand throughsueringsand

torments we are approaching to a national consciousness on which the sensation of each na-

tion’s individuality will not vanish, but will be kept more and more alive….

In this sense main aim of this article is a short analysis of the Albanian Music and Art during

the 20-th Century.

KeywordsMusic, Arts, 20-th century, Albania.

Introduction

In the beginning of the 20th century in Albania, two main centres were distinguished

which acted like culture’s generators and thus bringing the creation and development

oftheAlbanianmusicThosecentreswererstlyShkodraasthemaincityofthenorth

AlbaniaandthenKorçainthesouthofthecountryAerwhenTiranabecame

the capital of Albania, musical developments were present even there. Also some

other cities, like Elbasan, Gjirokastra, Vlore, Durres, etc., which were characterized by

many contacts with developed centres of the East and West, started to highlight the

eortsfor musicaldevelopmentsduring thesThereasons werenotonly found