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Dora Pejačević was a Croatia

Croatia

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n composer, a member of Pejačević

House of Pejačević

The Pejačević or Pejácsevich family is an old Croatian noble family, remarkable during the period in history marked by the Ottoman war in the Kingdom of Croatia in the Union with Hungary and Austro-Hungarian Empire respectively. Notable members of the family were politicians, clerics, artists,...

noble family.

Biography

Dora Pejačević (in old documents also Pejacsevich) was born in Budapest

Budapest

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, a daughter of Croatian ban

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Teodor Pejačević

Count Teodor Pejačević of Virovitica was a Croatian politician who served as Ban of Croatia-Slavonia between 1903 and 1907....

and Hungarian Countess Lilla Vay de Vaya, herself a fine pianist. Her mother gave her first piano lessons. Paternally, she descended from the old Croatian

Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)

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noble Pejačević family

House of Pejačević

, one of the most distinguished noble families in Slavonia

Slavonia

Slavonia is a geographical and historical region in eastern Croatia...

, eastern region of Croatia.

Dora began to compose when she was 12. She studied music privately in Zagreb

Zagreb

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, Dresden

Dresden

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and Munich

Munich

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and also received lessons in instrumentation (from Dragutin Kaiser and Walter Courvoisier), and composition (from Percy Sherwood). She was largely self-taught, however. She married Ottomar von Lumbe in 1921. Although Pejačević led a lonely life, she met many prominent musicians and writers, and befriended Austrian journalist and writer Karl Kraus

Karl Kraus

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and Czech aristocrat and patroness of arts Sidonie Nádherná. Dora died in Munich in 1923, a result of complications following a difficult childbirth (of her son Theo), and is buried at the cemetery in Našice

Našice

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, Croatia

Croatia

.

Dora Pejačević should be considered a major Croatian composer. She left behind a strong catalogue of 58 compositions, mostly in late-Romantic

Romantic music

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style, ranging from songs, piano works, chamber music, and several compositions for large orchestra, arguably her best. Her Symphony in F-sharp Minor is considered by scholars the first modern symphony in Croatian Music. Most of her music has yet to be published and released on compact disc, although concerted efforts have been made recently to rectify this situation. For example, the Croatian Music Information Centre has published some of her scores, including three of her orchestral works (Piano Concerto, Symphony, and Phantasie Concertante). In 2008, the Centre also published a bilingual monograph (in English and Croatian), written by the Pejačević scholar Koraljka Kos, accompanied by a first all-Pejačević CD of piano and chamber music.

Her life is a subject of a Croatian biographical film Countess Dora
Countess Dora
Countess Dora is a 1993 Croatian film directed by Zvonimir Berković. It was Croatia's submission to the 66th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-See also:*Cinema of Croatia...

(1993), directed by Zvonimir Berković

Zvonimir Berković

Zvonimir Berković was a Croatian film director and screenwriter.Berković had studied film directing at the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts...

and starring Alma Prica

Alma Prica

Alma Prica is a Croatian actress. She graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts in 1985 and then joined the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb in 1986...

and Rade Šerbedžija

Rade Šerbedžija

Rade Šerbedžija , occasionally credited as Rade Sherbedgia in some English-language productions, is a Croatian actor, director and musician of Serb origin. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1980s. He is now internationally known mainly for his supporting roles in...

Selected works

Piano Quartet in D Minor, Op. 25
Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 26 (published 1995, ISBN 9536090058)
Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33 (1913; published by Izdanja Muzikološkog Zavoda Muzičke Akademije in 1982)
Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 35
Piano Sonata in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 (published by Hrvatsko muzikološko društvo in 2002)
Piano quintet in B Minor, Op. 40 (published by the Croatian Music Information Centre in 2007)
Symphony in F-sharp Minor, Op. 41 (1916/20) (published by the Croatian Music Information Centre in 2009)
Phantasie Concertante in D minor, op. 48, for piano and orchestra (published by the Croatian Music Information Centre in 2007)
Piano Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 57.
Piano cycle "Život cvijeća", op. 19: Visibabe, Ljubica, Đurđica, Potočnica, Ruža, Karanfil, Ljiljani, Krizanteme.

External links

Music videos

Piano cycle Blumenleben Op. 19: Rose performed by Zeljko Vlahovic, piano
Walzer-Capricen, Op. 28 performed by Tamara Gal, piano
Project "Tajni svijet Dore Pejačević" ("The secret life of Dora Pejacevic")
Song "Preobrazba", performed by Goranka Tuhtan, soprano
Song "U lovu je mjesec na sunce", performed by Goranka Tuhtan, soprano

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