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{{short description|Serbian composer (1885–1958)}}
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'''Stevan Hristić''' ([[Serbian Cyrillic]]: Стеван Христић); June 19, 1885 — August 21, 1958), was [[Serbs|Serbian]] [[composer]], conductor, pedagogue, and music writer. A prominent representative of the late romanticist style in Serbian music of the first half of the 20th century.▼
[[File:Stevan Hristić 2009 Serbian stamp.jpg|thumb|Stevan Hristić on a 2009 Serbian stamp]]
▲'''Stevan Hristić''' (
==Biography==
Hristić started his music education at the Serbian Music School in Belgrade (established by [[Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac|St. Mokranjac]]) and continued his studies in [[Leipzig]] (
== Works ==
=== The legend of Ohrid ===
==== The
Despite the fact that Hristić started his work on ''The legend'' during the late 1920s with Act I even being performed for celebration of the
==== Musical
The music of the ballet consists of
In terms of harmony, while there are some bolder instances within the realm of romanticist expression, Hristić mostly operates with simple devices. His harmonic language encompasses modality, specific scalar structures such as the Balkan scale (minor), whole-tone scale (utilized strictly in melodic lines), and Phrygian mode-mixture, to the typical late romanticist expanded tonality. The most captivating aspect of
The score evocates traditional music of Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece. "The score may lack modernist pretension, but its
=== The Dusk (Suton) ===
In his opera ''The Dusk'' (1925), Hristić integrates some experiences of the Verismo musical [[drama]] and elements of [[impressionistic]] musical language. The work was almost entirely composed upon the integral text of the second (symbolist) drama from ''A trilogy of Dubrovnik'' by [[Ivo Vojnović]] and depicts the atmosphere in the home of old and reputable Benesh family during the downfall of Dubrovnik nobility following the abolishment of the Ragusa Republic at the beginning of the 19th century. At the center of the plot are two young people whose love for each other is rather unfeasible due to the difference in their social classes, while all other characters are only roughly drafted. Underscoring the chamber nature of the work and operating consistently within the realm of the dramatic lyrical psychology, the composer intentionally avoids genre-scenes. Alongside
The large-scale form of
=== Resurrection ===
The first oratorio in Serbian music, ''Resurrection'', conceived upon the text by [[Dragutin Ilić]], was premiered in 1912, declaring in a way interests toward new genres of then young composers’ generation. The introduction for this work has been performed as an independent orchestral piece entitled ''The Poem of the dawn''.
=== Orchestral
Despite his superior knowledge of the orchestra, Hristić peculiarly did not have a particular affinity for symphonic music. He devoted a relatively few, mostly freely conceived works to this genre: the overture for ''Cucuk Stana'', symphonic poem ''In the countryside'' (the first movement of an unfinished symphony), and two effective concert pieces—his BA diploma-work from Leipzig, ''Symphonic fantasy'' for [[violin]] and orchestra (1908), and ''The Rhapsody'' for piano and orchestra (1942).
=== Sacred
==See also==
* [[Kosta Manojlović]]
* [[Petar Krstić]]
* [[Miloje Milojević]]
* [[Stevan Mokranjac]]
* [[Isidor Bajić]]
* [[Stanislav Binički]]
* [[Davorin Jenko]]
* [[Jovan Đorđević]]
* [[Josif Marinković]]
== Selected works ==
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*Incidental music for stage plays (''King Lear, The Tempest, Hamlet, The Imaginary Invalid, The Chalk Circle, Resurrection of Lazarus'', and ''The eternal bridegroom'', among others)
=== Sheet
*Suite No. 1 from ''The legend of Ohrid''. Belgrade: Prosveta, 1954.
*''The legend of Ohrid''. Piano reduction by Ilija Marinković, ed. by Milenko Živković. Belgrade: Prosveta, 1964.
=== Recordings ===
*''The legend of Ohrid''. CD. Four suites from the ballet. Belgrade Philharmonic, conductor Emil Tabakov. Belgrade: Komuna, CD 9011, 1984.
*''Suite
*''The legend of Orhid''. CD. Hannover Radio Philharmonic, conductor Moshe Atzmon. CPO 999
*''The Rhapsody'' for piano and orchestra. CD. Radio Television Serbia Symphony, conductor Bojan Suđic. Belgrade: PGP RTS, 2000 (CD 430961).
*''Suites no. 1, 2 & 3'' from ballet ''Ohridska legenda''. Belgrade Opera Orchestra, conducted by Hristić. CD. Ректори Музичке академије у Београду (1937-1957). Fakultet Muzičke Umetnosti, Belgrade, 2013. {{ISBN|978-86-88619-37-0}}.
==References==
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== Literature ==
*Mosusova, Nadežda. “''The legend of Ohrid'' by Stevan Hristić.” ''The Sound (Zvuk)'' 66, (Sarajevo, 1966):
*[[Vlastimir Peričić|Peričić, Vlastimir]], ed. ''Stevan Hristić and his oeuvre''. A collection of students’ papers. Belgrade: University of Arts, School of Music, 1985.
*Stefanović, Dimitrije, ed. ''The life and work of Stevan Hristić''. Belgrade: SASA, 1991.
*Mosusova, Nadežda, ed. ''Serbian musical stage''. Belgrade: SASA, 1995.
*Pejović, Roksanda. ''Opera and ballet of the Belgrade National theatre (
*''Music production between the two world wars. Musicology'', 1 (Belgrade, 2001).
*Veselinović Hofman, Mirjana, ed. ''A history of Serbian music: Serbian music and European musical heritage''. Belgrade: Zavod za udžbenike, 2007.
*Despić, Dejan. “Hristić’s ''The legend of Ohrid''”.
*Marinković, Sonja. “T''he legend of Ohrid'' (Hristić’s anniversary duly observed: integral performances of ''The legend of Ohrid'' at the Days of Mokranjac and [[Belgrade Music Festival|BEMUS]] festivals),” ''Mokranjac'' 10:
*Tomašević, Katarina. ''At the crossroad of the East and the West. On the dialog of the traditional and modern in Serbian music (
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{ChoralWiki|Stevan Hristic}}
*[http://www.operone.de/komponist/hristic.html Opera Composer Entry]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120727063859/http://www.rastko.org.rs/isk/rpejovic-music_xviii-xx.html History of Serbian Compositions]
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