Dragutin Colic | |
|---|---|
| Драгутин Чолић | |
| Born | January 26, 1907 Požega, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Died | 1987 |
| Citizenship | Serbian |
Dragutin Colic (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгутин Чолић - Pozega, 26 January 1907 - Belgrade, 1987) was a Serbian composer, publicist and pedagogue.[1] He entered the music scene in the 1930s, as a composer of the "Prague Group",[2] a student of Alojz Haba and follower of his radical modernism.[3]
As a lecturer, he worked for almost four decades at the Music Academy. As a publicist and critic, he collaborated with music magazines and dailies.[4] From 1945 to 1946 he worked as a choirmaster in Kud Abrašević. From 1949 he was a member of the expert council ensemble "Kolo"[5] He has participated in the work of the Association of Composers of Serbia since its founding, edited and published the first catalog of members of the association.[1]
Biography
He was born in 1907 in Požega near Užice. He acquired his basic musical knowledge at the Music School in Belgrade. After that, he was educated in Prague (1929-1932), in the class of Jaroslav Križička, Karl Boleslav Jirak and Aljoz Haba, at the State Conservatory, as well as in the class of Jozef Suk at the Master School. During his studies, he was considered the most devoted follower of the Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg. After returning from his studies in Belgrade, he devoted himself to music criticism and began teaching theoretical subjects at Stanković Music School. From 1937, he worked at the High School of Music of the Music Academy. From 1940 to 1977 he was a professor at the Academy of Music.
He collaborated with magazines: Muzički glasnik (1932), Zvuk (1932—1933), Pravda (1933—1935), Srpski književni glasnik (1937), Slavenska muzika (1939—1940), Život i rad (1938), Vreme (1939), and after World War II and with the daily Borba.
Works
- Themes with Variations for Piano (1930)
- First String Quartet (1932)
- Three folk songs for mixed choir (1939)
- "Ten Partisan Songs" for mixed choir (1944)
- "Patrolmen" (1948) Cantante
- "Ten Sandzak Folk Songs" for voice and orchestra (1949)
- "Circle of Tenderness" cycle of five songs for bass and orchestra, created as an inspiration for poetry Stevan Raičković (1964)[6]
- "Stone Lullaby" cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano created as an inspiration for the poetry of Stevan Raičković (1965)
- Third String Quartet (1973)
- Wind Quintet (1977)
Symphonic poems
- Easter Bells (1947)
- Nikoletina Bursac (1959)
- Symphony In Sol (1968)
- Symphony for Strings and Percussion (1978)
- Prelude, Fugue, Postlude triptych dodecaphonic cycle (1961)
Concerts
- Concertino for fourth degree piano and string sect (1932)
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1981)
Music for the movie
Music for the theater
- "Goat's Ears in Emperor Trojan" (1957)
- Second String Quartet (1959)
Sources
- 1 2 Scindeks: "Composer, publicist and pedagogue Dragutin Colic (1907-1987) on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth ", Sonja Cvetkovic, Novi zvuk - international music magazine no. 29, p. 23-35, January 29, 2007, Accessed March 24, 2013.
- ↑ Journal of Musicology no. 6: "Stages of modernism in Serbian music" , Melita Milin (2006), UDC 78.037 (497.11), Accessed March 24, 2013.
- ↑ RTS: "The show Autogram on Fridays is dedicated to domestic music", Zorica Premate, Radio Belgrade 2, June 10, 2011, Accessed March 24, 2013
- ↑ Signs: i revoluciji 1941—1945 “, Belgrade 1984, monograph, Accessed March 24, 2013.
- ↑ Ensemble Kolo: General Istria Archived January 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Accessed March 24, 2013.
- ↑ RTS: radio / ci / story / 1464 / Radio + Belgrade + 3/943738 / Vocal + lyrics.html "Vocal lyrics", Ivana Neimarević, September 11, 2012, Accessed March 25, 2013
- 1 2 3 4 Dragutin Čolić at IMDb