Antun Dobronić

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

Dobronic was a student of Vítězslav Novák in Prague and 1921-1939 teacher at the conservatory of Zagreb. He composed eight symphonies, thirteen operas ( whose libretti he largely self-written ) and six ballets, chamber music, choral works, cantatas and songs.

Works

• Dubrovački diptihon ( Dubrovnik diptych ): Suton ( Twilight ) by Ivo Vojnović, Novela od Stanca 1917 ( The story of Stanac ) to Marin DRZIC, 1920
• Mara mystery in two acts to Milan Begovic, 1928
• Udovica roslinka ( The Roslin widow ), musical comedy based Cvetko Golar, 1931
• Požar strasti ( fire of passion ), musical tragedy after Josip Kosor, 1933
• Goran Rkač ( The Highlander ) to Pecije Petrović, 1935
• Ekvinocij ( equinox ) by I. Vojnović, 1938
• Ognijište ( the hearth), according to Mystery Mile Budak, 1942
• Pokladna noć ( A carnival night ), Satire by Zvonko Veljačić, 1945
• Sluga Jernej ( The servant Jernej ), stage oratorio Ivan Cankar, 1946
• Vječnaja pamjat (For eternal remembrance ), Satire, 1947: Medvjed ( The Bear) by Anton Chekhov and Balerina by Nikolai Gogol
• Mati (Dir mother), musical stage epic after Maxim Gorky, 1948
• Kadija Mali ( The Little Kadi ), children's opera by Jagoda Truhelka, 1954