Josip Mandić or Josef Mandić (4 April 1883 –

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, 4 October 1959) was a lawyer and a composer of

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descent.

Biography

Mandić was born on 4 April 1883 in

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(today in Italy). He graduated law from the

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in 1906. He also attended the Vienna Conservatory, taught by

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and

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. Mandić returned to native Trieste, opened a law office there, and became involved in politics as a political ally of

Dinko Trinajstić Dinko Trinajstić ( Vrbnik, 9 October 1858 – Crikvenica, 27 February 1939) was a lawyer and Croatian and Yugoslavian politician. He was a member of the Party of Rights and supporter of Yugoslavist ideas advocated by bishop Josip Juraj Stross ...

. During the

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, he became a member of the

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, an

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group of politicians and activists advocating unification of the

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and dissolution of

. After the war, Mandić stayed in Switzerland until 1923 when he moved to

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where he practised law and wrote music again. He died on 4 October 1959 in Prague, at the age of 76. Mandić composed approximately 20 pieces of music including: * ''Croatian Mass'' (1897) * ''Slaven and song'' (

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, 1902) * ''Petar Svačić'' (

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by , 1903) * Orchestral suite (1905) * ''String Quartet'' (1927) * ''Night Journey'' (

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, 1928) * Four

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(1929, 1930, 1953, and 1954) * ''Wind Quintet'' (1930) * ''Three Ballads'' (1932) * ''Mirjana'' (opera, 1937) * ''Captain Niko'' (opera, 1944) * ''Variations on a Mozart Theme'' (1956) Mandić was a nephew of politician and publicist

Matko Mandić Matko Mandić (22 September 1849 – 13 May 1915), was a Catholic priest and Croatian nationalist politician. Born in Mihotići near Kastav, he studied theology in Gorizia and Trieste, and natural sciences in Prague. He was a member of the so ...

, and the younger brother of lawyer and politician

Ante Mandić Ante Mandić (2 June 1881 – 15 September 1959) was a lawyer and Croatian and Yugoslavian politician born in Trieste. He studied law at the University of Vienna and obtained his doctoral degree in law from the University of Graz before being emp ...

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