Stevan Mokranjac, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stevan Mokranjac

Serbian composer

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1856

Place of Birth: Negotin, Southern and Eastern Serbia, Serbia

Date of Death: 28-Sep-1914

Profession: composer, conductor, musicologist, ethnomusicologist

Nationality: Serbia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Stevan Stojanovic (Serbian Cyrillic: ?????? ??????????, Serbian pronunciation: [stê?a?n stoja?no?it?]; 9 January 1856 – 28 September 1914), known as Stevan Mokranjac (????????, Serbian pronunciation: [stê?a?n mokra??ats]) was a Serbian composer and music educator.
Born in Negotin in 1856, Mokranjac studied music in Belgrade, Munich, Rome and Leipzig while in his twenties.
Later, he became the conductor of the Belgrade Choir Society and founder of the Serbian School of Music and the first Serbian string quartet, in which he played the cello.
He left Belgrade at the beginning of World War I and moved to Skopje, where he died on 28 September 1914. Often called the "father of Serbian music" and the "most important figure of Serbian musical romanticism", Mokranjac is well-regarded and much revered in Serbia.
Following his death, the Serbian Music School was renamed the Mokranjac Music School in his honour.
He has been featured on the country's paper currency and that of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
In 1964, the Mokranjac family home in Negotin was restored and turned into a museum and musical centre.
Celebrations of Mokranjac's life, known as "Mokranjac days", have occurred annually in the town since 1965.
In 1981, a large statue of Mokranjac was constructed in the yard of the Mokranjac family home to mark the 125th anniversary of his birth.