The guslar music society, Concert programme, 1921.

Despite the relatively small population after World War I (only 23 thousand), and the still wavering and unstable socio-political constellation, music was a major part of Split’s everyday life.

The making of music and musical performances by soloists, choirs and instrumental ensembles in front of the increasingly numerous, educated and demanding audience were a fruitful and, above all, an encouraging ground for the professionalization of musical life and for the birth of new, individual and reproductive strength.