- Stevan Hristić
Stevan Hristić (
June 19 ,1885 -August 21 ,1958 ), was the most popular Serbiancomposer of the first half of the 20th century, remembered best for his technically cultivated compositions in the Neoromanticist, veristic, andRomanticist -Impressionist styles.Biography
He conducted his primary studies in
Leipzig , but also inMoscow ,Paris andRome before theFirst World War . He had an expert knowledge of both the European musical style and of Serbian national music (especially the works of Mokranjac). Because of this, he created a distinct style that was a mix of folkloric, Late Romantic and Impressionist elements in bothmelody andharmony .His greatest contribution to the cultural life in Serbia is the founding of the "Belgrade Philharmonic". He was also the director of the Belgrade Opera from 1924 to 1935, and in 1937. He is also one of the founding professors of the Musical Academy. After the
Second World War , in 1945, he was a co-founder of the "League of Composers of Serbia", also serving as one of its first presidents. He was also the first president of the "Alliance of Composers of Yugoslavia", founded in 1950. Since then he was a casual member of the "Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts".In 1907, he created the
stage music for "Čučuk Stana". He continued writing solo poems, a fewchoir works and two major works - the "Symphonic fantasy for violin and orchestra" and "Rapsody for violin and piano". His most important creations are "Resurrection", the first SerbianOratorio ; "Opelo" in b minor" (a Serbian Orthodox Requiem); and theBallet "Ohridska legenda" (The Legend of Ohrid)", his most famous work.One of his greater contributions is a Ballet scene of
Opera "Suton" from 1958 which he wrote while he was a guest inMoscow .Famous Works
Oratorio
*"Vaskrsenje" (Resurrection) (1912)
Ballet
*"Ohridska legenda" (
The Legend of Ohrid ) (1947)Opera
*"Suton" (Twilight) (1925)
References
* [http://www.operone.de/komponist/hristic.html Opera Composer Entry]
* [http://www.rastko.org.yu/isk/rpejovic-music_xviii-xx.html History of Serbian Compositions]
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