When Yugoslavia began to Speak Jazz: The Magazine Svijet Jazza (1941) in Interwar Popular Culture
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Magazine Svijet jazza [The World of Jazz], jazz music, Zagreb, interwar Yugoslavia, popular cultureAbstract
Published in Zagreb between January and April 1941, the monthly magazine Svijet jazza [The World of Jazz] was the first periodical in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia dedicated exclusively to jazz music. It featured original articles and reviews of prominent musical events, as well as translations from a range of foreign jazz magazines. Taking inspiration from American publications such as The Orchestra World and Metronome, Svijet jazza brought together contributors and correspondents from Ljubljana, Belgrade, Split, and New York. Its publication came to an abrupt end, after only four issues, with the outbreak of World War II in Yugoslavia. An analysis of Svijet jazza reveals how jazz in interwar Yugoslavia emerged as a marker of modernity and an integral part of the broader field of popular culture.
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