Petar Stojanović

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Petar Stojanović (September 7, 1877 – September 11, 1957) was a Serbian violinist and composer of operettas, ballets and orchestral music. (His birthday is also variously given as September 6 and August 25.)

He was born in Budapest and studied the violin there with Jenő Hubay. At the Vienna Conservatory, he studied violin with Jakob Grün and composition with Robert Fuchs and Richard Heuberger. In 1925, he became professor of violin in Belgrade, where he lived until his death. Among his compositions were:

[edit] Operettas

• Der Tiger ((Tigar)), comic opera, Budapest, 14 Nov 1905
• Liebchen am Dach (Devojka na Mansardi - The Girl from the Garrett), libretto by Viktor Léon, 1917
• Die Herzog von Reichstadt (Vojvoda od Rajhštata - The Duke of Reichstadt), libretto by Viktor Léon and Heinz Reichert, Vienna, 1921

[edit] Other works

• Violin Concerto No. 1 (1904)
• Violin Concerto No. 2 (Prague, 1916)
• Smrt junaka (The Hero’s Death) (symphonic poem) (1918)
• Sava (symphonic poem) (1935)
• Mirjana (ballet) (1942)
• Devet čiraka(Nine Candlesticks) (ballet) (1944)