Anđelka Bego-Šimunić

Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (23 October 1941 – 9 February 2022) was a Bosnian-Herzegovinian composer of Croatian descent. She taught at the Sarajevo Music Academy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Biography She studied composition at the academy under Ivan Brkanović and Miroslav Špiler, earning a master's degree in 1973. Afterwards, she taught theory at the secondary music school in Sarajevo. She joined the staff of the academy in 1975, and later became assistant (1985) and full professor at the academy, where her students include Igor Karaca. From 1986 to 1992 she was president of the Bosnian composers’ association (1986–1992) and one of the principal organizers of the Days of Musical Creation festival.

Her music is mostly neo-classical in style, influenced by Sergei Prokofiev's extended tonality and treatment of form, with elements of neo-romanticism, particularly in the style of Franz Liszt, and early Expressionism. Her works occasionally refer to Bosnian folklore.

Works (selective list)

Instrumental

Sonatina in E♭, pf, 1963 Allegretto scherzoso, sym. orch, 1963 Gudački kvartet br.1, str qt, 1964 Simfonija br.1, sym. orch, 1966 Pf Conc., 1970 Koncertni stavak, sym. orch, 1971 Ad perpetuam memoriam, cycle of preludes, pf, 1976 Capriccio, vc, 1976 Dvije premeditacije br.1–2, str orch, 1977 Premeditacija br.3, va, vc, pf, 1978 Sonatni stavak, bn, pf, 1979 Premeditacija br.4, sym. orch, 1979 Intermezzo, vn, pf, 1981 Premeditacija br.5, va, pf, 1982 Trio, fl, vn, pf, 1983 Moviment, fl, cl, cembalo, str qt, 1984 Sonanse, pf, 1985 Intermezzo, str orch, 1985 Improvizacij, pf, 1987 Sonatni stavak, pf, 1988 Premeditacija br.7, str orch, 1988 Cornus, pf, 1989 Largo con Allegro, tpt, 1990 Duo, 2 cl, 1991 Concerto cantico, vn, orch, 1994 Vocal

Adapted from Historija muzike u Bosni i Hercegovini (219–20), by permission of Institut za muzikologiju Muzičke akademije u Sarajevu.

Čarobna frula (cycle, J. Kaštelan), Bar, pf, 1964 Minijature, female chorus, 1987 Ponoćne pjesme (cycle, T. Ujević), S, orch, 1989 Vjetar noću (cycle, M. Krleža), S, pf, 1994 Balada o pjesniku, S, pf, 1997