Žeteoci

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Žeteoci ("The Harvesters") was the most famous sacropop band in Yugoslavia . It existed from 1965 to 1971, when all four members were studying Catholic theology at the University of Zagreb .

The music of the Žeteoci consisted mainly of cover versions of pieces from the New Spiritual Song . The Žeteoci gave concerts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Canada and the USA.

In April 2007 the Žeteoci performed together again at a festival in Varaždin.

Members

Mijo Bergovec (born May 12, 1945 in Hodošan , today part of the Donji Kraljevec municipality , Međimurje County ) played the organ with the Žeteoci . After initially studying theology and philosophy, he studied medicine at the University of Zagreb from 1970 to 1975, after which he worked as a doctor. In 1988 he went to Hamburg-Eppendorf University Medical Center for further training and research . Since 2000 he has been professor of cardiology in Zagreb; he published numerous scientific articles. He heads the Zagreb Medical Choir.

Valent Bogadi (born January 29, 1946 in Vrhovec Bednjanski , today part of the Bednja municipality , Varaždin County , † January 2, 2009) played guitar . He was ordained a priest in 1971 and worked in Sveta Nedelja , Grubišno Polje and Sveti Križ Začretje . From 1982 to 2001 he lived in Toronto (Canada), where he looked after a Croatian Catholic parish. From 2001 he was a clergyman in Varaždinske Toplice . He was only added after the band was founded and replaced the retired Josip Pustički.

Mato Dukić (born March 12, 1944 in Bučje , today part of the municipality of Pleternica , Požega-Slavonia County ) played the bass guitar . He was later a religion teacher in Prigorje Brdovečko ( Brdovec municipality near Zaprešić ) and then employed by Caritas . Now retired, he leads a church choir in Brdovec (as of 2018).

Mijo Gabrić (born September 25, 1943 in Radovanje , today part of the Oriovac municipality , Brod-Posavina County ) played drums . He was later a clergyman at the cathedral chapter in Zagreb , where he was forcibly retired in 2019 in connection with financial irregularities.

Before the band was founded, all four had sung in a college choir under the direction of Albe Vidaković .

Records

The Žeteoci have recorded a long-playing record and a single. Both plates were sold jointly by Jugoton and Glas Koncila .

To nije tajna

The LP To nije tajna was published in 1968 and had the order number Jugoton ULPV-S-7 . It achieved high sales figures, the first edition of 10,000 copies sold out after just a few months. There were three editions, each with a different cover design. All texts are printed on the back of the cover.

It contains the following titles:

  • page A
    • To nije tajna (It's no secret, orig. It's no secret by Stuart Hamblen )
    • De colores (trad.)
    • Noć (The Night, original La nuit by Aimé Duval )
    • Molitva Sv. Franje (Prayer of St. Francis, orig.trad.Michael Row the Boat Ashore )
    • Rumeno nebo (The red sky, orig. Le ciel est rouge by Aimé Duval )
    • Aleluja (Halleluja, orig. One sings Halleluja here and there by Alfred Flury )
  • Side B
    • To je moj život (That's my life, trad.)
    • Tmina (Darkness, Alfred Flury )
    • Mrtvi Siromah (orig. L'espérance morte by Aimé Duval )
    • Prazan život (The Empty Life, Bergovec / Stanko)
    • Kakav prijatelj je Isus? (What a friend is Jesus ?, orig. What a Friend We Have in Jesus by Charles Crozat Converse and Joseph Medlicott Scriven )
    • Ja sam sretan (I'm happy, trad.)

Majka Marija

The single Majka Marija (1971, order number Jugoton USD 114) was recorded by the Žeteoci together with the pop singer Arsen Dedić . It contains the pieces Majka Marija and Majko Božja Bistrička .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ika.hr/index.php?prikaz=vijest&ID=93846
  2. ↑ cf. Tko je tko u hrvatskoj medicini , 1994
  3. ↑ http://www.hkr.hr/?sec=3&tid=1&cid=24956
  4. ↑ Tomislav Vuković, Vjerske aktivnosti sve do “Slovenske Žice” , Glas Koncila, March 27, 2018; Opći šematizam Katoličke Crkve u Jugoslaviji 1974. , p. 110
  5. ↑ https://zse.hr/userdocsimages/prospekti/Prospekt-OSHE.pdf p. 18 (curriculum vitae in the prospectus of Helios insurance, of which Gabrić was a member)
  6. ↑ Jasmin Klarić, SVEĆENIK, NOVINAR I BUBNJAR Tko je Mijo Gabrić, čovjek koji je spiskao 50 milijuna crkvenih eura , novilist.hr, January 21, 2019
  7. ↑ Umirovljen bivši prebendar Mijo Gabrić: Nije mu povjereno vršenje niti jedne crkvene službe , narod.hr, March 8, 2019