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Composer / Conductor of Classical
Jakov Gotovac (11th Oct 1895, Split / 16th Oct 1982, Zagreb, Croatia) - Croatian composer and conducter. He is the author of the most famous Croatian opera, the comic Ero s onoga svijeta (engl. Ero the Joker), which 1st was performed in Zagreb, in 1935. Gotovac started as a law student in Zagreb, but soon switched to writing music in 1920. In Vienna he studied in the class of Johan Marx. In 1922 he founded the Philharmonia Society in Šibenik. In 1923 he moved to Zagreb where he kept working both as conductor and composer until his death. Between 1923 and 1958 he was the opera conductor of the Croatian National Theatre and leader of the academic musical society "Mladost" as well as of the "Vladimir Nazor Choire". Father of Pero Gotovac.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Symphonic Poems / Seven Balkan Dances | Jakov Gotovac / Marko Tajčević | 2000 | Album |
Hrvatska Orkestralna Glazba | Vatroslav Lisinski, Blagoje Bersa, Boris Papandopulo, Jakov Gotovac | 1992 | Album |
Dubravka | Ivan Gundulić - Jakov Gotovac | 1989 | Album |
Ero S Onoga Svijeta | Jakov Gotovac | 1987 | Album |
Simfonijsko Kolo - Koleda - Jadovanka Za Teletom - Morana - Ero S Onoga Svijeta - Mila Gojsalića | Jakov Gotovac | 1972 | Compil. |
Ero S Onoga Svijeta | Jakov Gotovac | 1969 | Single |
Hary Janos / Theme And Variations / Kolo | Zoltán Kodály / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Jakov Gotovac – Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe | 1962 | Album |
Simfonijsko Kolo / Koleda | Jakov Gotovac | 1958 | Album |