Stanislav Binički, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stanislav Binički

composer

Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1872

Place of Birth: Kruševac, Rasina District, Serbia

Date of Death: 15-Feb-1942

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: Serbia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Stanislav Binicki (Serbian Cyrillic: ????????? ???????, pronounced [stanisla? binit??ki?]; 27 July 1872 – 15 February 1942) was a Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue.
A student of German composer Josef Rheinberger, he became the first director of the Opera Sector of the National Theatre in Belgrade in 1889 and began working with the Belgrade Military Orchestra a decade later.
He composed the first Serbian opera, At Dawn (Serbian: Na uranku), in 1903.
In 1911, Binicki established the second Serbian Music School.
He joined the Serbian Army following the outbreak of World War I and composed one of his most famous works, March on the Drina, following the Serbian victory at the Battle of Cer.
He retired as head of the Opera Sector of the National Theatre in 1920 and died in Belgrade in 1942.
He is considered one of the leading Serbian composers of the Generation of the 1870s.