Ferdo Livadić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ferdo Livadić

Croatian composer

Date of Birth: 30-May-1799

Place of Birth: Celje, Slovenia

Date of Death: 08-Jan-1879

Profession: composer

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Ferdo Livadić

  • Ferdo Livadic (Ferdinand Wiesner) (30 May 1799 – 8 January 1879) was a Croatian composer. Livadic was born in Celje, in present-day Slovenia.
  • A leader of the 19th-century Croatian national revival, he wrote the tune for Još Hrvatska ni propala, the anthem of the Illyrian movement.
  • He frequently invited many of the movement's most important members, together with such celebrities as Franz Liszt, to his property at Samobor.
  • He also composed numerous art songs in Croatian, Slovenian, and German, as well as marches, dances and scherzi for piano.
  • Probably the best of these piano works is a Nocturne in F sharp minor.
  • His work prepared the way for the nationalist Croatian composers Vatroslav Lisinski and Ivan Zajc.
  • He died, aged 79, in Samobor.

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