Milo Milojevic (real name is Djordjevic ) ( Serb Miloј Miloјevi ; October 27, 1884 , Belgrade - June 16, 1946 , Belgrade ) - Yugoslav and Serbian composer , musicologist , choral conductor , music teacher , music critic , folklorist and public figure. Professor (since 1941) of the Academy of Music in Belgrade. The founder of the Serbian chamber - instrumental music . One of the creators of the modern Serbian composer school.
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| Date of Birth | October 27, 1884 |
| Place of Birth | Belgrade Kingdom of Serbia |
| Date of death | June 16, 1946 (61 years old) |
| A place of death | Belgrade SFRY |
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| Professions | composer , conductor , musicologist , teacher , critic , public figure |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Creativity
- 3 Memory
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Biography
The son of a merchant. According to the custom of the time, he adopted a surname based on the name of his father. From the age of five, he took private violin lessons. In 1904 he graduated from the Serbian Orthodox Gymnasium. From 1904 to 1906 he was a student of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade , at the same time until 1907 he studied at the Belgrade School of Music under the direction of Stevan Mokranyats (music theory and composition theory class) and musicology with Zdenek Needla and Otakar Zikh in Prague.
In 1907-1910 he continued his studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Munich , where he studied musicology under the guidance of A. Zandberger and Theodor Kroyer, as well as literature and philosophy. At the same time he attended lectures on the composition of Friedrich Klose at the Royal Munich Academy of Music . In June 1910 he graduated from the Munich Academy of Music.
Since 1911 he began teaching at the Serbian School of Music. In 1912 he founded the Church Music College.
Member of the First Balkan and World War I. Since 1917 he worked in the Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Serbia, was sent to Paris to participate in the activities of the Committee on Culture. He remained in France from 1917 until mid-1919. Throughout the war he continued to compose music, performed at concerts of Serbian music in Nice , Monte Carlo , Lyon and Paris as an accompanist, and gave public lectures on contemporary Serbian music in Paris.
In 1919, Milojevic returned to Belgrade and developed a vibrant musical activity as a composer, musicologist, music critic, folklorist, music teacher, conductor and music organizer. He returned to his former teaching positions in a music school. At the same time, from 1920 to the beginning of 1922, he held the position of conductor from the Academic Choir "Obilich". In the fall of 1922 he was appointed assistant professor of music history at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade.
In 1925-1939 he was a lecturer at the University of Belgrade and at the same time at the Academy of Music in Belgrade, and from 1941 he was a professor.
The creator and leader of the vocal and instrumental ensemble of teachers of the Serbian School of Music (chamber) in 1911 and the University (Collegium Musicum) in 1925.
He edited the magazine "Muzika" (since 1928).
Creativity
In his work he relied on national musical folklore.
Among the musical compositions of Milo Miloevich
- opera - the ballet The Broom of the Servant (1923);
- for the orchestra - the symphonic poem Death of Mother Yugovich (1921), Danilo and Simonida (1913), lyrical symphony for voice and orchestra Ball in the Meadow (1939), overture Danila and Simanida (1913);
- piano pieces, incl. collection “Melodies and rhythms of the Balkans” (1942);
- for string orchestra - "Intimate" (1937);
- 2 string quartets , suite for string quartet;
- sonatas
- choirs , romances on the words of Serbian, French, German, Japanese poets and on folk texts, vocal works and more.
Milo Milojevic is the author of musical and theoretical works, books about the works of B. Smetana (1924, 1926), R. Wagner (1935), R. Strauss (1934), G. Mahler , French musical impressionism (1939), Serbian musical folklore and Serbian composers, including about S. Mokranyats (1938), as well as a number of articles.
Memory
- The music school in Kragujevac bears his name.
Literature
- B.S. Steinpress. Encyclopedic music dictionary. - Moscow, Soviet Encyclopedia, 1966
- Konevich P. “Milo Miloevich” (1954)