Logar, Mihovil

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Logar, Mihovil

Logar, Mihovil, Croatian composer; b. Rijieka, Oct. 6,1902. He went to Prague to study with Jirák and then attended Suk’s master classes. In 1927 he settled in Belgrade, where he was a prof. of composition at the Academy of Music (1945-72). In his works, he employed a restrained modern idiom.

Works

dramatic: Opera: Sablazan u dolini šent-florijansko (Blasphemy in the Valley of St. Florian; 1937); Pokondirena tikva (Middle Class Noblewoman; Belgrade, Oct. 20, 1956); Četrdesetprva (The Year of 1941; Sarajevo, Feb. 10, 1961). ballet:Zlatna ribica (The Golden Fish; Belgrade, Nov. 11, 1953). orch.:Rondo rustico (1945); Violin Concerto (1954); Clarinet Concerto (1956); Kosmonauti (Cosmonauts), overture (Belgrade, June 8, 1962); Sinfonia italiana (Belgrade, Nov. 24, 1964); Doppio Concerto for Clarinet, Horn, and Orch. (Belgrade, April 5, 1968). other: Vocal music; piano pieces.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire