University of Zagreb. Faculty of Teacher Education.
Abstract
U Vratišinec, malom selu med Murom i Dravom, rođen je Vinko Žganec, čovjek koji je međimursku popevku spasio od zaborava. Svojom je voljom, upornošću i znanjem dopirao do ljudi koji su otvorili svoju dušu i prisjetili se melodija koje su odzvanjale Međimurjem, ali i izvan njega, dok je njegova ruka sve do posljednjeg dana života ispisivala povijest tog kraja. Cilj ovog diplomskog rada je predstaviti život i djelo akademika dr. Vinka Žganca i time u svakom čitatelju probuditi zrno ponosa i zahvalnosti prema čovjeku koji je dokazao da se povijest i tradicija mogu pronaći i očuvati i na malom falatu zemle kak je Međimurje. Nakon proučene literature razgovor s gospođom Dragicom Karolinom Šimunković potvrdio je svaki detalj iz života Vinka Žganca. Kroz četiri razdoblja etnomuzikološkog rada akademika Vinka Žganca istaknuta su djela koja su bila plod mukotrpnog rada i ogromne volje za očuvanjem melodije koja se prenosila kroz povijest. Uz iscrpnu prošlost života i djela Vinka Žganca, u radu se nalazi dokaz da se njegovi zapisi nikada neće zaboraviti jer ništa ne može izbrisati ono što je vrijedno pa čak ni vrijeme.Vinko Žganec, the man who saved međimurska popevka from oblivion, was born in Vratišinec, a small village between the Mura and Drava rivers. With his will, persistence and knowledge he had reached out to people who opened their souls and who recalled the melodies which reverberated both in and outside of Međimurje, and all the while his hand had been writing out the history of this region until the last day of his life. The aim of this dissertation is to present the life and work of the academic Dr Vinko Žganec and thus awaken in every reader a grain of pride and gratitude for the man who proved that history and tradition could be found and preserved even on “a small piece of land such as Međimurje”. After having studied the literature, a conversation with Mrs Dragica Karolina Šimunković confirmed every detail from the life of Vinko Žganec. Works which were the fruit of painstaking labour and tremendous will to preserve a melody which has been transmitted through history were distinguished throughout four periods of ethnomusicological work of the academic Vinko Žganec. Besides the extensive history of life and work of Vinko Žganec, the dissertation brings forward a proof that his records would never be forgotten, as nothing can erase what is valuable, not even time
