Jakov Gotovac

Jakov Gotovac (October 11, 1895 – October 16, 1982) was a composer and conductor of classical music. He is the author of the most famous Croatian nationalist opera, the comic Ero s onoga svijeta ("Ero the joker"), which first played in Zagreb in 1935.

Works

Orchestral works

• Simfonijsko kolo (Symphony kolo) op.12 1926
• Pjesma i ples s Balkana (Song and dance from the Balkans) op.16 1939
• Ora?i (Men and ploughs) op.18 1937
• Guslar (Gusle player) op.22 1940
• Dinarka (Lady from Dinara) 1945
• Plesovi od Bunjevaca (The dances from Bunjevci) 1960

Choral works

• 2 Scherzos 1916
• 2 pjesme za mu?ki zbor (two songs for men's choir) 1918
• 2 pjesme ?uda i smijeha (2 songs of wonder and joy) 1924
• Koleda 1925
• Dubravka. Pastorale for Choir & Orchestra, text from Ivan Gunduli? op. 13 (1927-28)
• 3 moma?ka zbora (3 boy choirs) 1932
• Pjesme vje?nog jada (Songs of eternal sorrow) (1939)
• Pjesme zanosa (Songs of excitement) 1955

Vocal solo works

• Djevojka i mjesec (A girl and the moon) for alto & orchestra 1917
• Erotski moment za glas i glasovir (erotic moments for voice & piano) 1929
• 2 Sonate za bariton i orkestar (2 sonatas for baritone & orchestra) 1921
• Pjesme djevoj?ice za jedan glas i glasovir (Songs for girl's voice & piano) 1923
• Gradom za glas i glasovir (Through the town for voice & piano)
• Rizvan-aga za bariton i orkrstar (Rizvan-aga for bariton & Orchestra 1938
• Pjesme ?e?nje za glas i orkestar (Songs of passion for voice & orchestra) (1939)

Operatic works

• Morana op. 14 (1928-30)
• Ero s onoga svijeta (Ero the joker) op. 17 (1933-35)
• Kamenik op. 23 (1939-44; UA 1946)
• Mila Gojsali?a op. 28 (1948-51; UA 1952)
• ?erdan op. 30 (1954-55)
• Dalmaro op. 32 (1958; UA 1964)
• Stanac op. 33 (1959)
• Petar Sva?i?. Opera-Oratorij (opera orathorium op. 35 (1969; 1971)