Dr. Božidar Širola (1889 in Žakanje – 1956 in

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) was a Croatian composer, organologist, musicologist, ethnomusicologist, and museum administrator. He is known as a composer of almost all musical forms in classical music.

Compositions

* V protuletju: pet stavaka za sopran i gudački kvartet op. E.5 * 24 dvoglasne invencije u svim dur i mol premetima za klavir (24 two part inventions in all major and minor keys for piano) * Suita iz "Šume Striborove" for piano * Düsseldorfer Foxtrott (Text: Peter Korfmacher) (22.VI.1955) * Koncertni andante, op. D 24 * Plavo more - tango * Žudnja : (sopran i klavir) (12.II.1947)

Oratorios

* Zrtva Abrahamova (Abraham's Sacrifice)(1924) * Zivot, i spomen slavnih ucitelja sv. brace Cirila i Metoda, apostola slavenskih (The Lives and Memory of the Glorious Teachers and Brothers, Saints Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs - oratorio)(1927) * Posljednja pricest sv. Jeronima (The Last Communion of St. Jerome)(1928) * Muka i smrt Kristuseva (The Passion and Death of Christ)(1928) * Seljak (The Peasant)(1931)

Piano sonatas

* IX. sonata za klavir f-mol (25-IX-1955) * VIII. sonata za klavir F-dur (Zagreb 1954) * VII. sonata za klavir d-mol (Zagreb 1954) * VI. sonata : za klavir : C-dur (Zagreb 1951; 13.XI.1951) * V. sonata : za klavir : B-dur (Zagreb 1951) * IV. sonata : za klavir : As-dur (Zagreb 1951; 19.X.1951) * III. sonata : za klavir : cis-mol (Zagreb 1951; 2.X.1951) * II. sonata : za klavir : G-dur (Zagreb 1951; 26.IX.1951) * Sonata E-dur (Zagreb 1945. Izrađeno po staroj skici; 22.VI.1945) *

Violin sonatas

* II. sonata za violinu i klavir : F-dur (Lovran, 1955) * Sonata za violinu i klavir D-dur (Lovran, 28.VIII.1952 u podne)

String quartets

* XIII. gudački kvartet A-dur (Zagreb 1955; 30.XI.1955) * XII. gudački kvartet f-mol (Lovran 1955; 2.VIII.1955) * XI. gudački kvartet A-dur (Zagreb 1955; 9.VI.1955) * X. gudački kvartet F-dur (Little) (Zagreb 1955; 25.V.1955) * IX. gudački kvartet G-dur (Nizozemski) (Posvećeno dru. Jaapu Kunstu, Zagreb 1953) * VII. gudački kvartet h-mol (Opatija - Zagreb 1951; 15.IX.1951. Zagreb) * VI. gudački kvartet A-dur (Zagreb 1951; 20.IX.1951) * V. gudački kvartet g-mol (Zagreb 1951; 28.VII.1951)

Cello sonatas

* Sonata za violoncello i klavir C-dur (Zagreb 1952) *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sirola, Bozidar Croatian composers 1889 births 1956 deaths Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts