Music of Croatia - Classical

Classical

Classical musicians and compositions by Croatian composers are generally not well known worldwide despite having produced an interesting contribution over many centuries. Influences of style were often taken from neighbouring influences.

Some of the most renowned Croatian composers are Ivan Zajc, Vatroslav Lisinski, Franjo Dugan, Fortunat Pintarić, Luka Sorkočević, Antun Sorkočević, Ivan Mane Jarnović, Anđelko Klobučar, Boris Papandopulo, Ivo Malec, Stanko Horvat, Stjepan Šulek, Branimir Sakač, Igor Kuljerić, Ivo Josipović, Željko Brkanović, Berislav Šipuš, Ivan Božičević, Frano Parac, Marko Ruždjak, Branimir Krstić, Dubravko Detoni and Srđan Dedić.

Croatian society of composers (Hrvatsko drustvo skladatelja - HDS) is the main organization promoting modern classical music in Croatia.

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Famous quotes containing the word classical:

    Et in Arcadia ego.
    [I too am in Arcadia.]
    Anonymous, Anonymous.

    Tomb inscription, appearing in classical paintings by Guercino and Poussin, among others. The words probably mean that even the most ideal earthly lives are mortal. Arcadia, a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese, Greece, was the rustic abode of Pan, depicted in literature and art as a land of innocence and ease, and was the title of Sir Philip Sidney’s pastoral romance (1590)

    Classical art, in a word, stands for form; romantic art for content. The romantic artist expects people to ask, What has he got to say? The classical artist expects them to ask, How does he say it?
    —R.G. (Robin George)

    Compare the history of the novel to that of rock ‘n’ roll. Both started out a minority taste, became a mass taste, and then splintered into several subgenres. Both have been the typical cultural expressions of classes and epochs. Both started out aggressively fighting for their share of attention, novels attacking the drama, the tract, and the poem, rock attacking jazz and pop and rolling over classical music.
    W. T. Lhamon, U.S. educator, critic. “Material Differences,” Deliberate Speed: The Origins of a Cultural Style in the American 1950s, Smithsonian (1990)