Jovan Đurov Ivanišević (1861-1889) was a Montenegrin

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

from Donji Kraj near

Cetinje Cetinje ( cnr-Cyrl, Цетиње, ) is a List of cities and towns in Montenegro, town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital ( cnr-Latn-Cyrl, prijestonica, приjестоница, separator=" / ") of Montenegro and is the location of sev ...

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. While young he showed exquisite talent for music, and is most famous for composing the contemporary

anthem An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to sho ...

Principality of Montenegro The Principality of Montenegro () was a principality in Southeastern Europe that existed from 13 March 1852 to 28 August 1910. It was then proclaimed a Kingdom of Montenegro, kingdom by Nikola I of Montenegro, Nikola I, who then became King of M ...

and

Kingdom of Montenegro The Kingdom of Montenegro was a monarchy in southeastern Europe, present-day Montenegro, during the tumultuous period of time on the Balkan Peninsula leading up to and during World War I. Officially it was a constitutional monarchy, but absolu ...

Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori "Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori" (, ) was the national and state anthem of the Kingdom of Montenegro in the late 19th-early 20th century. A popular song called " Onamo, 'namo!" () also existed. The educational system had an honorific song, the ''Hymn to Sai ...

(To Our Beautiful Montenegro). He died while being a student of the

Prague Conservatory The Prague Conservatory () is a public music school in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1808. Currently, the school offers four- or six-year courses, which can be compared to the level of a high school diploma in other countries. Graduates c ...

: while

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on the

Vltava The Vltava ( , ; ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague. It is com ...

, the

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broke under him and he drowned.

References

# Glas Crnogorca, 19 October 1999:

Jovan Markuš Jovan Markuš ( sr-cyr, Јован Маркуш; born 20 January 1949) is a Montenegro, Montenegrin politician, journalist, publicist, historian and heraldist. He is the former mayor of Cetinje, Montenegro's Old Capital. Biography Jovan Markuš ...

Двије црногорске химне
Montenegrin composers 1889 deaths Deaths by drowning 1861 births 19th-century composers National anthem writers People from the Principality of Montenegro Prague Conservatory alumni Accidental deaths in the Czech Republic {{Montenegro-singer-stub