COMPOSER

Jakov Gotovac

1895 - 1982

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Jakov Gotovac (Croatian pronunciation: [jâkoʋ gǒtovat͡s]; October 11, 1895 – October 16, 1982) was a Croatian composer and conductor of classical music. His comedic opera, Ero s onoga svijeta (Ero the Joker), Croatia's best-known opera, was first performed in Zagreb in 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jakov Gotovac is the 689th most popular composer (down from 400th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 67th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Croatian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jakov Gotovac ranks 689 out of 1,451. Before him are Jeremiah Clarke, Oskar Merikanto, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Zbigniew Preisner, and Alonso Mudarra. After him are Jerome Kern, Maurice Emmanuel, Josip Runjanin, Augusta Holmès, Carmine Coppola, and Xavier Cugat.

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Among people born in 1895, Jakov Gotovac ranks 128. Before him are Robert Heinrich Wagner, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Alfred Neuland, Pan Yuliang, H. A. R. Gibb, and Isamu Chō. After him are Lucian Blaga, Vsevolod Merkulov, Xu Beihong, William Petersson, Walter Gieseking, and Fulton J. Sheen. Among people deceased in 1982, Jakov Gotovac ranks 107. Before him are Karl Hein, Sultan al-Atrash, Pavel Rotmistrov, Tadj ol-Molouk, Anatoly Solonitsyn, and Elio Petri. After him are Patrick Magee, Eduard Tubin, Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, Hironori Ōtsuka, Abba P. Lerner, and Anandamayi Ma.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Jakov Gotovac ranks 140 out of 700. Before him are Bernard Vukas (1927), Marko Krizin (1589), Ante Trumbić (1864), Maximianus of Ravenna (499), Mirko Jozić (1940), and Petar Nadoveza (1942). After him are Josip Runjanin (1821), Željko Čajkovski (1925), Ivo Lola Ribar (1916), Petar Preradović (1818), Andrea Schiavone (1510), and Duje Bonačić (1929).

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Among COMPOSERS In Croatia

Among composers born in Croatia, Jakov Gotovac ranks 4. Before him are Franz von Suppé (1819), Luigi Dallapiccola (1904), and Ivan Zajc (1832). After him are Josip Runjanin (1821), Vatroslav Lisinski (1819), and Krešimir Baranović (1894).

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