Buddy Jewell - Help Pour Out The Rain (Laceys Song)

DOBRONICH (Dobronic) Antun (2 IV 1878, Elsa, island of Hvar - 12 XII 1955, Zagreb) - Horv. composer, folklorist, music. writer and teacher (Yugoslavia). In 1896-1910 he worked as a school teacher. In 1910-1912 he studied composition with V. Novak and K. Shteker in Prague. In 1918-22 he was a teacher at the Teachers' Seminary, in 1922-40 he was a professor at the Academy of Music in Zagreb. D. was one of the first to fight for the renovation of the Horv. music on nar-song basis, collected horv. Narsongs; wrote a number of studies, dedicated. Narcreativity. The author is numerous. operas, ballets, symphonies, chamber instruments. and wok. works, church. music. In his instr. creativity gravitated to programmatic. His prod., Widely displaying nar. life, different original melodic. style and brightness nat. color. These are the scenic. the oratorio "Servant of Jerney" ("Sluga Jernej", 1946), "Yugoslav symphonic dances" ("Jugoslavenski simfonijski plesovi", 1932); orc. Suites - “Dalmatinska serenada” (“Dalmatinska serenada”) and “Medzhumurskaya” (“Medumurska”), “Elshonsky dances” (“Jelsonski tonci”, for strings orchestra, 1938) - one of the most popular works of D .; fp Quintet “Bosnian Rhapsody” (“Bosanska rapsodija”), etc.