The BAND:

Why Invocatio?

The name Invocatio comes from the Latin verb invocare which means "to call on, to invoke, to give". Invoking the Muse was a common practice among the classical poets in which the poet asked for the inspiration, skill, knowledge or appropriate mood to create a valuable work of art. How Musical Witchcraft became Invocatio Musical Witchcraft originally was the name of one of the compositions on Attila Kollar’s first solo album. The name was meant to suggest the abundance of different music styles present in the album. The word witchcraft reflected well the genre syncretism charecteristic to our music that’s why we could identify ourselves with the name Musical Withchcraft. Later we had to realize though that this English name sounded foreign to Hungarian people and we often had to explain the idea behind the name especially to our church audience that was actually our target audience for our Psalm adaptations. That’s why we agreed to change our name even though the change implied further explanation and interpretation. Since the word invocatio comes from Latin it has become an international word which is more familiar to people. On the other hand the meaning of the word invocatio is a good reflection of our aim and attitude towards music, namely to invoke, to call on and to be called on and supplication at the same time.