Milo Cipra (born as Emil Cipra, 13 October 1906 – 9 July 1985) was a

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n composer, member of the

Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Croatica, hr, Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, abbrev. HAZU) is the national academy of Croatia. HAZU was founded under patronage of the Croatian bishop Jo ...

(since 1976), dean of the

Zagreb Music Academy The Academy of Music ( hr, Muzička akademija or MUZA) is a Croatian music school based in Zagreb. It is one of the three art academies affiliated with the University of Zagreb, along with the Academy of Dramatic Art and the Academy of Fine Arts. ...

(1961–1971).

Major works

*''Sonatina u d-molu'' for

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, 1930 *''Slavenska rapsodija'' for

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

, 1931 *''Sonata za violinu i klavir'', 1944 *''I. simfonija'', 1948 *''II. simfonija'', 1952 *''Kantata o čovjeku'', 1958 *''Sunčev put'', 1959 *''Musica sine nomine'', 1963 *''Aubade'', 1965 *''Leda'', 1965 *''Triptihon dalmatinskih gradova'', 1969–1976 *''Meditation sur Re'', 1975 *''Trio za obou, klarinet i fagot'', 1978

References

External links

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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German-language ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', it is one of the largest reference works on the history and theo ...

Signs... Fragments... Some Observations on the Music of Milo Cipra (1906-1985)
by Dalibor Davidović, ''International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music'' (2001) 1, 93-132 1906 births 1985 deaths Croatian composers Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery Vladimir Nazor Award winners 20th-century composers {{croatia-composer-stub