Vatroslav Lisinski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Croatian composer
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Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia
About Vatroslav Lisinski
- Vatroslav Lisinski (Zagreb, 8 July 1819 – Zagreb, 31 May 1854) was a Croatian composer. Lisinski was born Ignatius Fuchs to a German Jewish family.
- He would later change his name to Vatroslav Lisinski, which is a Croatian calque of his original name.
- For a time he worked as a clerk at the Tabula Banalis in Zagreb. Lisinski composed the first Croatian opera, Love and Malice (Ljubav i zloba, 1846), which he wrote at the urging of Alberto Ognjen Å triga, and Porin (1851) as well as numerous works for orchestra, choir and soloists.
- The Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall is named after him. He was also one of the founders of Illyrism, a movement that advocated the importance of Croatian and more generally South Slavic cultural heritage, as a reaction to Magyarisation during the Austro-Hungarian rule. Lisinski died in Zagreb on 31 May 1854 and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.The international train EN 498/499 connecting Zagreb and Munich is named Lisinski.
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