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Svetozar Saša Kovačević
Svetozar Saša Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Саша Ковачевић; 3 January 1950 – 18 September 2022) was a Serbian composer, music pedagogue and church organist. He was one of Serbia's best-known contemporary composers. Biography Svetozar Saša Kovačević was born in Zabalj and studied music at the Isidor Bajić Music School in Novi Sad. He studied composition with Victor Safranek, Nikola Petina, Rudolf Bruchi and Vasilij Mokranjac. During his studies, he began performing as a pianist, deciding at the same time to practise organ music as a soloist or a member of ensembles performing works of spiritual music in the territory of ex-Yugoslavia. He attended seminars for organ building and trimming in Grožnjan (Croatia) in 1973 with prof. Patrick Colon (Belgium) and at the Chamber Music Seminar in Amsterdam and Utrecht at the invitation of the Dutch Government in 1974. Kovačević taught accordion at the Davorin Jenko music school in Belgrade. He was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žabalj
Žabalj ( sr-cyrl, Жабаљ, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town Žabalj has a population of 9,107 and the municipality Žabalj has a population of 25,777. It is located in southeastern part of Bačka, known as Šajkaška. All settlements in the municipality have an ethnic Serb majority. Name Its name came from the Serbian word "žaba"/жаба ("frog" in English). In Serbian, the town is known as ''Žabalj'' (Жабаљ), in Hungarian as ''Zsablya'' or ''Józseffalva'' (between 1886 and 1919), in German as ''Josefdorf'', and in Croatian as ''Žabalj''. History Žabalj was first mentioned in 1514 as ''Zeble'', a fortress captured by György Dózsa. During the Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), it was populated by ethnic Serbs. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Žabalj was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier ( Šajkaš Battalion). The first church in Žabalj was mentioned in 1720, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |