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The basic idea underlying Series 11 - Croatian Recordings - was conceived by Gerda Lechleitner (Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) and Grozdana Maroöeviÿ (Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb) when considering its publication as a co-operation of both institutions. They decided to include all the material housed in the Vienna Phonogrammarchiv and recorded in the first half of the 20th century, either on the territory of today’s Croatia or among Croats living outside Croatia. Because of its size, Series 11 will be published in two parts: the first part (Series 11/1 - Croatian Recordings 1901-1936) is made up of all the smaller collections, while the second part will comprise the most extensive collection among these holdings, compiled by Milovan Gavazzi and Boÿidar äirola during the 1920s in co-operation between the Phonogrammarchiv and the Department of Folk Music, founded in 1921 as part of the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb. This publication features the very first recordings made by Milan Reöetar in 1901 during his investigation of the dialect boundaries in northern Croatia; in 1907, Reöetar again took a recording machine with him when conducting field research in Acquaviva Collecroce (Kruÿ) near Campobasso in Molise to study the life and culture of Croats living there. In Istria, only single recordings were made of Istro-Romanian and Italian dialects, while Frantiöek Pospíöil’s project of recording Croats in Moravia in 1910 generated a greater output. Matija (Mathias) Murko recorded and studied epic songs in 1913; and Croatian soldier songs, recorded in Karlovac in Croatia during World War I, are included as well. Quite often, the Phonogrammarchiv took the opportunity to invite visitors to make a recording, e.g. Josip (Josef) Florschütz (1912) or four singers from Parndorf (Burgenland Croats, 1936). Mention must be made of the sizeable collection of Josip äiroki, who was author, performer and technician all in one person. His collection (1913-1920) includes items of all South Slavic music styles (he did not only sing but also perform on several instruments) and various dialects (spoken by him) - it is, as far as we know, our only collection compiled in that way.
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