Dora Pejačević [SEP] place of birth
Dora Pejačević
Dora Pejačević (10 September 1885 – 5 March 1923) was a Croatian composer, a member of the Pejačević noble family. She was one of the composers to introduce the orchestral song to Croatian music and her Symphony in F-sharp minor is considered by scholars to be the first modern symphony in Croatian music.
Biography.
Dora Pejačević (in old documents also Pejacsevich) was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, the daughter of a Croatian ban, Hungarian-Croatian Count Teodor Pejačević and Hungarian
completed his course by conducting his own symphonic composition "Calling into the Round Dance", at a concert in the Rudolfinum.
The year 1916 occupies a special place in Dobronić’s biography for it was marked by three major cultural events. On February 5 the "First Symphony Concert of Young Croatian Composers" was held; in addition to works by the composers Krešimir Baranović, Božidar Širola, Franjo Dugan, Svetislav Stančić and Dora Pejačević, Dobronić’s symphonic portrait "Carnevale" had its first performance. For Dobronić, this