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  • 9 - Postmodernism

  • from Part III - New Avant-Gardes and Postmodernism
  • Laura Emmery, Emory University, Atlanta
  • Book:
    Yugoslav Avant-Garde Music, 1945–1991
    Published online:
    11 June 2026
    Print publication:
    11 June 2026, pp 214-234
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    The death of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito in 1980 marked the beginning of the end. While Yugoslavia was opening up to Western ideals and popular culture, internally, the conflict of ethnic identity was reaching a boiling point. Chapter 9 examines the effect of these two intersecting phenomena on Yugoslav cultural life. The chapter spotlights Ivana Stefanović’s poetic musical essays and radiophonic works, inspired by her studies at IRCAM and extensive travels around Damascus, Syria, as well as Byzantine chants, in which she vividly captures her impressions of the sounds of the cities. This chapter also documents the spectacular rise and abrupt end of a group of young composers, Veličanstvenih sedam [The Magnificent Seven], the last musical force in Yugoslavia. Their vision of creating art music that crossed over to other styles, thus bridging Yugoslav folk and rock with Western pop, musical theater, and jazz, brought something unexpectedly fresh to the Yugoslav music scene.