The Glagolitic chant is a specific form of croatian liturgical and extra liturgical chant which developed as part of Glagolitic liturgy. The term encompass singing on the Croatian Church Slavonic language and the Chakavian based croatian vernacular. The glagolitic chant is inscribed in the Register of Cultural Property’s of the Republic of Croatia as an intangible cultural property (reg. num. Z-3620).
The description in Register states that: »The term „Glagolitic chant“ includes the traditional (folk) Roman Catholic liturgical, paraliturgical and other devotional singing in the southern Adriatic parts of Croatia (Dalmatia, Littoral and Istria) in the past as well as today. Traces of this musical phenomenon exist in the mountainous regions of Croatia (Lika, Gorski kotar and Kordun) as well as outside the boundaries of Croatia, in the coastal areas of Montenegro and Slovenia. The Glagolitic chant thrived since the early middle ages until the second half of the 20th century, and the modernisation of church music. In certain localities, it has been preserved, practiced until today in a more or less original ritual context (Iž, Radovin, Sali). «

The record library of the Old Church Slavonic Institute

The rich record library of the Old Church Slavonic Institute safeguards numerous sound recordings of the Glagolitic chant. These recordings are divided into four separate list: the first (recorded by: Josip Hamm, Vinko Žganec, Stjepan Stepanov, Mate Lešćan, Jerko Bezić, Nikola Radić, Ivan Kirinčić, Josip Milić), second (recorded by Jerko Martinić), third 1 and third 2 (recorded by Stipica Grgat) and fourth (Boris Turčinov Klepac, Marko Mudronja Rebac).

The glagolitic chant – bibliography