Music as a Mediator in the Process of Political and Cultural Transition: The Creation of Yugoslav Music in Radio Belgrade (1929-1941)

Abstract

In this paper i will analyze the role of the interwar Radio Belgrade (1929-1941) in the process of mediation of the Yugoslav idea focusing on the music program. Attention was given to the strategies that music editors and professionals, hired by the radio station management, used in order to create radio shows and repertoires that would contribute to the dominant understanding of Yugoslav national culture and art. Because of the fact that there was no public consensus on the concept of Yugoslav music, radio officials dedicated to music program faced many difficulties while trying to implement it in practice.