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Jakov Gotovac

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Croatian composer (1895-1982)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Croatia
Active from
1895-10-11
Active to
1982-10-16

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1,204
Total plays
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Jakov Gotovac was a Croatian composer and conductor of classical music, the author of the most famous Croatian comic opera Ero s’ onoga svijeta (usually translated as Ero the Joker). Gotovac was born on October 11, 1895 in Split, Croatia, and died on October 16, 1982 in Zagreb, Croatia. He founded the Philharmonic Society in Sibenik, worked as opera conductor in the Croatian National Theater and as a leader of the academic musical society Mladost. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jakov+Gotova

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Split
Place of death
Zagreb
Occupation
conductor
Languages spoken
Italian
Student of
Joseph Marx
Genre
opera
Image
BASA-1124K-1-8-4-Jakov Gotovac with the National opera of Bulgaria, 1940 (cropped).jpg
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date of death
1982-10-16
place of burial
Mirogoj Cemetery
date of birth
1895-10-11
medical condition
scoliosis
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