Julije (Julio) Bajamonti ( Italian: ''Giulio Bajamonti''; 4 August 1744 – 12 November 1800) was a medical historian, writer, translator, encyclopedist, historian, philosopher, and musician from the city of Split in present-day Croatia. His wife was Ljuba Bajamonti, a Split commoner. Bajamonti is known for composing the first preserved oratorio in Croatia (''La traslazione di San Doimo''), writing about the history of Split (unfinished and unpublished), and helping Alberto Fortis, with his journey around

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which also included the discovery of the now famous South Slavic Muslim song, Hasanaginica. After the fall of

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in 1797 he urged that Dalmatia should be annexed to the

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. In his speech in 1797 he stated that Austria was the successor of the old Venetian state. Like many other intellectuals along the Dalmatian coast Bajamonti wrote most of his works in Italian. Niccolò Tommaseo claims that there was no one in Italy who wrote better than Bajamonti during his time. He performed his medical work in the cities of Split, Hvar, and Kotor (in the area of Boka Kotorska in today's Montenegro).SlowayMusic

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* 1744 births 1800 deaths Writers from Split, Croatia Croatian philosophers Croatian composers 18th-century Venetian historians 18th-century composers 18th-century male musicians 18th-century musicians Musicians from Split, Croatia Physicians from Split, Croatia {{Croatia-bio-stub

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