Star Persona and National Identity in the Age of the Empire: The Role of Maja Strozzi-Pečić in Petar Konjović’s Opus
Keywords:
Maja Strozzi-Pečić, Petar Konjović, art song, stardom, national identityAbstract
This study explores the collaboration between the soprano Maja Strozzi-Pečić and the composer Petar Konjović. It sheds light on the relations between the star and the musical work, as well as the notions of gender and genre, reinstating the performer to the centre of the historical stage within the epoch and the genre of music not usually associated with stardom. It examines the star as both the product and the producer, and as an embodiment of a national identity, highlighting the star’s agency in the creation of her own persona and the co-authoring of the works that she performed.
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