Petar Stojanović

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Petar Lazar Stojanović (born August 25, 1877 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary , † September 11, 1957 in Belgrade , Yugoslavia ) was a Yugoslav composer.

Stojanović studied violin and piano with Jenő Hubay and Robert Fuchs in Vienna . He founded the violin school for higher education here before going to the Conservatory in Belgrade as director and violin and composition teacher in 1925. In addition to his work as a violin soloist, he was also a member of a string quartet and was one of the founders of the Belgrade Music Academy.

He composed a. a. two operas and three operettas, two ballets and a symphonic poem, seven violin and two viola concerts, one horn and one flute concerto as well as chamber music works.

Stage works

  • Tigar (Der Tigar), comic opera, libretto Richard von Perger , world premiere 1905
  • Liebchen am Dach (Devojka na mansardi), operetta, libretto by Victor Léon , WP 1917
  • The Duke of Reichstadt (Orlic ili Vojvoda od Rajhšata), operetta, libretto by Victor Léon, premiered in 1921
  • The Oath (Blaženkina zakleva), musical drama, libretto Mirko Jelusich , Mate Milošević , 1933–34
  • Kraljevic i Mrjana (The Prince and Mirjana), ballet, 1942
  • Devet ciraka (Nine Candlesticks), ballet, 1944

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personal data
SURNAME Stojanović, Petar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stojanović, Petar Lazar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1957
Place of death Belgrade