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Lovro von Matacic (February 14, 1899, Sušak
Sušak

Su?ak is a part of the city of Rijeka in Croatia, where it composes the eastern part of the city.In 1924 Rijeka belonged to the independent Free State of Fiume, which had been created four years earlier under the Treaty of Rapallo, 1920, but in the Treaty of Rome, 1924 the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Italy agreed to dissolve the free state....
, Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
 – January 4, 1985, Belgrade
Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on international waterway, at the confluence of the Sava River and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula....
, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia

File:LocationYugoslavia2.pngYugoslavia is a term that describes three political entities that existed successively on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century....
), also Lovro pl. Matacic, was a Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
n conductor
Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
. He was a member of the Vienna Boys Choir and studied in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
 before holding a variety of conducting positions in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 and Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia

File:LocationYugoslavia2.pngYugoslavia is a term that describes three political entities that existed successively on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century....
. He is most associated with the music of Bruckner, though he committed quite a wide range of music to recordings, including works by Beethoven and Puccini.

During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, he served as a lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the army and most Marine and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel....
 in the Croatian Home Guard
Croatian Home Guard

Croatian Home Guard was the name used for the regular armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia which existed during World War II....
 and was conductor for the Independent State of Croatia
Independent State of Croatia

The Independent State of Croatia was a puppet state of Nazi Germany. It was established on April 10, 1941, after the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was attacked by the Axis forces....
's military band
Military band

File:Band Trooping the Colour, 16th June 2007.jpgA military band is a group of personnel that perform musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces....
s.






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Lovro von Matacic (February 14, 1899, Sušak
Sušak

Su?ak is a part of the city of Rijeka in Croatia, where it composes the eastern part of the city.In 1924 Rijeka belonged to the independent Free State of Fiume, which had been created four years earlier under the Treaty of Rapallo, 1920, but in the Treaty of Rome, 1924 the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Italy agreed to dissolve the free state....
, Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
 – January 4, 1985, Belgrade
Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on international waterway, at the confluence of the Sava River and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula....
, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia

File:LocationYugoslavia2.pngYugoslavia is a term that describes three political entities that existed successively on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century....
), also Lovro pl. Matacic, was a Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
n conductor
Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
. He was a member of the Vienna Boys Choir and studied in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
 before holding a variety of conducting positions in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 and Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia

File:LocationYugoslavia2.pngYugoslavia is a term that describes three political entities that existed successively on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century....
. He is most associated with the music of Bruckner, though he committed quite a wide range of music to recordings, including works by Beethoven and Puccini.

During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, he served as a lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the army and most Marine and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel....
 in the Croatian Home Guard
Croatian Home Guard

Croatian Home Guard was the name used for the regular armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia which existed during World War II....
 and was conductor for the Independent State of Croatia
Independent State of Croatia

The Independent State of Croatia was a puppet state of Nazi Germany. It was established on April 10, 1941, after the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was attacked by the Axis forces....
's military band
Military band

File:Band Trooping the Colour, 16th June 2007.jpgA military band is a group of personnel that perform musical duties for military functions, usually for the armed forces....
s. After the war he was sentenced to death by Communist Yugoslavia's government. However, his wife Lilika, who was Jewish, petitioned the Jewish-Yugoslav politician Moša Pijade
Moša Pijade

Mo?a Pijade , nicknamed Cica Janko was a prominent Yugoslavian/Serbian Communist of Jewish origin, and a close collaborator of Josip Broz Tito, former President of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
 who intervened and gained Matacic release after a year in imprisonment.

The Lovro pl. Matacic Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded biennally by the Croatian Association of Musical Artists.