Classical
Classical musicians and compositions by Croatian composers are generally not well known worldwide despite having produced an interesting contribution over many centuries. Influences of style were often taken from neighbouring influences.
Some of the most renowned Croatian composers are Ivan Zajc, Vatroslav Lisinski, Franjo Dugan, Fortunat Pintarić, Luka Sorkočević, Antun Sorkočević, Ivan Mane Jarnović, Anđelko Klobučar, Boris Papandopulo, Ivo Malec, Stanko Horvat, Stjepan Šulek, Branimir Sakač, Igor Kuljerić, Ivo Josipović, Željko Brkanović, Berislav Šipuš, Ivan Božičević, Frano Parac, Marko Ruždjak, Branimir Krstić, Dubravko Detoni and Srđan Dedić.
Croatian society of composers (Hrvatsko drustvo skladatelja - HDS) is the main organization promoting modern classical music in Croatia.
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Famous quotes containing the word classical:
“Et in Arcadia ego.
[I too am in Arcadia.]”
—Anonymous, Anonymous.
Tomb inscription, appearing in classical paintings by Guercino and Poussin, among others. The words probably mean that even the most ideal earthly lives are mortal. Arcadia, a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese, Greece, was the rustic abode of Pan, depicted in literature and art as a land of innocence and ease, and was the title of Sir Philip Sidney’s pastoral romance (1590)
“Several classical sayings that one likes to repeat had quite a different meaning from the ones later times attributed to them.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Culture is a sham if it is only a sort of Gothic front put on an iron building—like Tower Bridge—or a classical front put on a steel frame—like the Daily Telegraph building in Fleet Street. Culture, if it is to be a real thing and a holy thing, must be the product of what we actually do for a living—not something added, like sugar on a pill.”
—Eric Gill (1882–1940)