About Božidar Širola
Lived 1889 – 1956 (aged 66). Božidar Širola was a Croatian composer and musicologist.
Dr. Božidar Širola (1889 in Žakanje – 1956 in Zagreb) was a Croatian composer, organologist, musicologist, ethnomusicologist, and museum administrator. He is known as a composer of almost all musical forms in classical music.
Compositions V protuletju: pet stavaka za sopran i gudački kvartet op. E.5 24 dvoglasne invencije u svim dur i mol premetima za klavir (24 two part inventions in all major and minor keys for piano) Suita iz "Šume Striborove" for piano Düsseldorfer Foxtrott (Text: Peter Korfmacher) (22.VI.1955) Koncertni andante, op. D 24 Plavo more - tango Žudnja : (sopran i klavir) (12.II.1947)
Oratorios Zrtva Abrahamova (Abraham's Sacrifice)(1924) Zivot, i spomen slavnih ucitelja sv. brace Cirila i Metoda, apostola slavenskih (The Lives and Memory of the Glorious Teachers and Brothers, Saints Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs - oratorio)(1927) Posljednja pricest sv. Jeronima (The Last Communion of St. Jerome)(1928) Muka i smrt Kristuseva (The Passion and Death of Christ)(1928) Seljak (The Peasant)(1931)
Piano sonatas IX. sonata za klavir f-mol (25-IX-1955) VIII. sonata za klavir F-dur (Zagreb 1954) VII. sonata za klavir d-mol (Zagreb 1954) VI. sonata : za klavir : C-dur (Zagreb 1951; 13.XI.1951) V. sonata : za klavir : B-dur (Zagreb 1951) IV. sonata : za klavir : As-dur (Zagreb 1951; 19.X.1951) III. sonata : za klavir : cis-mol (Zagreb 1951; 2.X.1951) II. sonata : za klavir : G-dur (Zagreb 1951; 26.IX.1951) Sonata E-dur (Zagreb 1945. Izrađeno po staroj skici; 22.VI.1945)
Violin sonatas II. sonata za violinu i klavir : F-dur (Lovran, 1955) Sonata za violinu i klavir D-dur (Lovran, 28.VIII.1952 u podne)
String quartets XIII. gudački kvartet A-dur (Zagreb 1955; 30.XI.1955) XII. gudački kvartet f-mol (Lovran 1955; 2.VIII.1955) XI. gudački kvartet A-dur (Zagreb 1955; 9.VI.1955) X. gudački kvartet F-dur (Little) (Zagreb 1955; 25.V.1955) IX. gudački kvartet G-dur (Nizozemski) (Posvećeno dru. Jaapu Kunstu, Zagreb 1953) VII. gudački kvartet h-mol (Opatija - Zagreb 1951; 15.IX.1951. Zagreb) VI. gudački kvartet A-dur (Zagreb 1951; 20.IX.1951) V. gudački kvartet g-mol (Zagreb 1951; 28.VII.1951)
Cello sonatas Sonata za violoncello i klavir C-dur (Zagreb 1952)
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Who was Božidar Širola?
Croatian composer (1889–1956)
When was Božidar Širola born?
Božidar Širola was born on 20 December 1889 in Žakanje.
When did Božidar Širola die?
Božidar Širola died on 10 April 1956 in Zagreb.
What was Božidar Širola's occupation?
Božidar Širola was a composer and musicologist.
What nationality was Božidar Širola?
Božidar Širola was Croatian.
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