Vatroslav Lisinski
Vatroslav Lisinski | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ignatius Fuchs 8 July 1819 |
| Died | 31 May 1854 (aged 34) Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire |
Vatroslav Lisinski (Croatian: [vâtroslaːv lisǐnskiː], 8 July 1819 – 31 May 1854) was a Croatian composer.
Biography
Lisinski was born Ignatius Fuchs to a German Jewish family.[1][2] He would later change his name to Vatroslav Lisinski,[3] which is a Croatian calque of his original name. For a time he worked as a clerk at the Tabula Banalis in Zagreb.
Lisinski composed the first Croatian opera, Love and Malice (1846), which he wrote at the urging of Alberto Ognjen Štriga,[4] and Porin (1851) as well as numerous works for orchestra, choir and soloists.
He was also one of the founders of Illyrism, a movement that advocated the importance of Croatian and more generally South Slavic cultural heritage,[5] as a reaction to Magyarisation during the Austro-Hungarian rule.
Lisinski died in Zagreb on 31 May 1854 and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.[6]
Legacy
In 1944, Oktavijan Miletić directed a movie about him, Lisinski (film). The Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall was named after him in 1973.
The international train EN 498/499 connecting Zagreb and Munich is named Lisinski, after the composer.[7]
References
- ^ Beus-Richembergh, Goran. "Croatian God German" (in Croatian). Matica hrvatska. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
Vatroslav Lisinski, pravim imenom Ignaz Fuchs, bio je njemačko-židovskog podrijetla,...
[Vatroslav Lisinski, real name Ignaz Fuchs, was of German-Jewish origin, ...] - ^ Polimac, Nenad (2009-12-23). "Titula izdanja godine za blistavo restaurirani film" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
Prvi hrvatski operni skladatelj Vatroslav Lisinski, zapravo zvao Ignac Fuchs i bio je podrijetlom Židov.
[The first Croatian opera composer Vatroslav Lisinski, real name Ignac Fuchs was a Jew by origin.] - ^ Kalogjera-Brkić, Ivana (2009-07-26). "I'm not minister for the money, I already have my millions" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
Obiteljskoj lozi po očevoj strani pripada i Vatroslav Lisinski, pristaša ilirskog pokreta, pravim imenom Ignac Fuchs.
[To family line on my father's side belongs Lisinski, a supporter of the Illyrian movement, whose real name was Ignac Fuchs] - ^ "Opera". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Himna". Archives of Yugoslavia. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
[Hey, Slavs] was sung as the anthem at the pan-Slavic congress in Prague in 1848, where delegate Vatroslav Lisinski declared himself as the first Yugoslav.
- ^ Gradska groblja Zagreb: Vatroslav Lisinski - pod ilir, Mirogoj RKT-908-PAVVEL-1 [Zagreb City Cemeteries: Vatroslav Lisinski - under Illyrian, Mirogoj RKT-908-PAVVEL-1] (in Croatian)
- ^ "EuroNight Lisinski: Stuttgart 🇩🇪 and Munich 🇩🇪 to Ljubljana 🇸🇮 and Zagreb 🇭🇷 by sleeper train – rail-away.com". rail-away.com. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2026.