Bruno Bjelinski

Bruno Bjelinski (November 1, 1909 in Trieste – September 3, 1992 in Zagreb) was a Croatian composer.

Bjelinski doctored in law at the University of Zagreb and later studied music at the Zagreb Academy of Music under Blagoje Bersa and Franjo Dugan. He taught at the Academy from 1945 to 1977. Bjelinski's music is described as being direct and optimistic, his fresh style lending itself to both serious music and music for children. Bjelinski composed six operas, three ballets, 15 symphonies, 2 cello concertos, a cantata, piano music, songs, chamber music, and concertos for piano, violin, viola, bassoon, flute, and piano duo.

Works

*"Concerto" for flute and strings, 1955
*"Ljetna simfonija" ("Summer Symphony"), Symphony No. 1, 1955
*"Serenade" for trumpet, piano, strings and percussion, 1957
*"Pčelica Maja" ("Maya the Bee"), fairy tale opera after Waldemar Bonsels, 1963
*"Sinfonia jubilans", Symphony No. 4, 1965
*"Peter Pan", ballet for children, 1966
*"Sinfonietta concertante", for piano and orchestra, 1967
*"Musica Tonalis" for oboe, bassoon and strings, 1968
*"Heraklo" ("Herkules") comic opera, 1971
*"Močvara" ("The Marsh"), opera, 1972
*"Zvona" ("The Bells"), opera, 1975
*"Orfej XX. stoljeca" ("Orpheus in the Twentieth Century"), opera, 1981
*"Slavuj" ("The Nightingale"), opera after Hans Christian Andersen, 1984