Antun Dobronić

Antun Dobronić (born April 2, 1878 in Jelsa on Hvar , Austria-Hungary ; † December 12, 1955 in Zagreb , Croatia ) was a Yugoslav composer.

Dobronić was a student of Vítězslav Novák at the Prague Conservatory and from 1920 to 1940 teacher at the Zagreb Music Academy . He composed eight symphonies , thirteen operas (the libretti of which he wrote mostly himself) and six ballets , chamber music works, choirs, cantatas and songs .

Works

Dubrovački diptihon ( Dubrovnik Diptych ): Suton ( The Twilight ) after Ivo Vojnović , 1917, and Novela od Stanca ( The Story of Stanac ) after Marin Držic , 1920
Mara Mysterium in two acts after Milan Begović , 1928
Udovica Rošlinka ( The Widow Rošlin ), musical comedy based on Cvetko Golar , 1931
Požar strasti ( Fire of Passion ), musical tragedy based on Josip Kosor , 1933
Goran Rkač ( The Highlander ) after Pecije Petrović , 1935
Ekvinocij ( equinox ) after Ivo Vojnović, 1938
Ognijište ( The Fireplace ), Mystery according to Mile Budak , 1942
Pokladna noć ( One Carnival Night ), satire based on Zvonko Veljačić , 1945

Sluga Jernej ( The Servant Jernej ), stage oratorio based on Ivan Cankar , 1946

Vječnaja pamjat ( For Eternal Remembrance ), satire, 1947: Medvjed ( The Bear ) after Anton Chekhov and Balerina after Nikolai Gogol

Mati ( you mother ), musical stage epic based on Maxim Gorki , 1948

Mali Kadija ( The Little Kadi ), children's opera based on Jagoda Truhelka , 1954

Lelja Dobronić: Antun Dobronić . Matica Hrvatska, Zagreb 2000, ISBN 953-150-584-5 .

↑ Koraljka Kos: Dobronić, Antun. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
^ Sanja Majer-Bobetko: Dobronić, Antun. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 5 (Covell - Dzurov). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1115-2 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)