Kosta P. Manojlović: A Portrait of the Artist and Intellectual in Turbulent Times

Abstract

Although Kosta P. Manojlovic was one of the most influential figures in interwar Yugoslav musical life, his numerous efforts initiated at the time and later, during World War II and the first years of the communist Yugoslavia, have not been in the focus of music historians until recently. Apart from attempts at reconstructing his biography and various activities in the local and national public, cultural, and music spheres at a rudimentary level, an in-depth analysis of his general endeavors and views, which were reflected and reinforced in his different undertakings, was mostly lacking. Moreover, a significant portion of Manojlovic's work in the national (Yugoslav) and international arenas was left unexamined.