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Dora Pejačević

1885 - 1923

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Countess Maria Theodora Paulina "Dora" Pejačević (Hungarian: Gróf verőczei Pejácsevich Mária Theodóra Paulina "Dóra"; 10 September 1885 – 5 March 1923) was a Croatian composer, pianist and violinist and one of the first composers to introduce the orchestral song to Croatian music. Her Symphony in F-sharp minor is considered by scholars to be the first modern symphony in Croatian music. Pejačević is noted for her vocal compositions, piano miniatures, and string quartets, which were heavily influenced by the expressionist and modernist trends of the time. In her early career, Pejačević’s primary themes were highly representative of the Romantic period, but this would change after her experience working as a paramedic in the First World War after which her works reflected the philosophic movement of nihilism and discussed motifs of death, isolation, and futility of war. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dora Pejačević is the 575th most popular composer (down from 486th in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 204th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Hungarian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Dora Pejačević ranks 575 out of 1,451. Before her are William Boyce, Alexandre Desplat, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Per Nørgård, Aloysia Weber, and Alexandre Tansman. After her are Eleni Karaindrou, Florian Leopold Gassmann, Guillaume Lekeu, Pavel Haas, Alois Hába, and Johann Christoph Pepusch.

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Among people born in 1885, Dora Pejačević ranks 83. Before her are Khải Định, Viggo Brun, Nikolai Krylenko, John Edensor Littlewood, Paul von Hase, and Aleksandras Stulginskis. After her are Lev Rudnev, Frank Jack Fletcher, Agustín Barrios, Constantin Sănătescu, Viktor Schauberger, and Pierre Renoir. Among people deceased in 1923, Dora Pejačević ranks 46. Before her are Théophile Delcassé, Charles de Freycinet, Georg Luger, Bonar Law, William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Alexandre Ribot. After her are Zhang Xun, Vatroslav Jagić, Horace Parnell Tuttle, Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, Louis Couperus, and George Hendrik Breitner.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Dora Pejačević ranks 247 out of 1,077. Before her are Tommy Ramone (1949), Marta Eggerth (1912), Tivadar Soros (1894), László Budai (1928), Joseph Szigeti (1892), and Alfréd Schaffer (1893). After her are András Hegedüs (1922), George Szell (1897), Jenő Hubay (1858), Géza Maróczy (1870), Miklós Kállay (1887), and János Kornai (1928).

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Among COMPOSERS In Hungary

Among composers born in Hungary, Dora Pejačević ranks 12. Before her are Hans Richter (1843), Karl Goldmark (1830), Ferenc Erkel (1810), Joseph Kosma (1905), Hans Swarowsky (1899), and Joseph Szigeti (1892). After her are Leó Weiner (1885), István Kertész (1929), Ferenc Farkas (1905), Sigmund Romberg (1887), and Frigyes Hidas (1928).

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