Miloš Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Петровић; 18 October 1952 – 13 November 2010) was a

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n and Yugoslav

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and

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. Petrović graduated from the Belgrade Faculty of Music in 1974. From 1974 to 1980 he performed with the

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group Interaction, and in 1980 he formed the jazz band Jazzy, with which he released three albums. Simultaneously, he was a member of the rock group

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, with which he recorded two albums and gained nationwide popularity. He started his career in classical music in 1985, recording an album of

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pieces. After gaining a

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from the Belgrade Faculty of Music in 1988, he dedicated himself to composing. He published a number of classical and ethnic jazz albums and took part in several jazz projects. Petrović was a professor at the Belgrade Faculty of Music, where he taught harpsichord and

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. He published two novels, a book of short stories and a book of essays.

Biography

Early career

Miloš Petrović was born in 1952 in

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municipality

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. One of his first works was a

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based on

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's novel '' Les Enfants terribles'', which he composed at the age 19. He graduated from the piano department of the Belgrade Faculty of Music in 1974. During the same year, he started his career playing in the

group Interaction, led by saxophonist Paul Pignon. He performed with Interaction until 1980.

Jazzy and Jakarta

In 1980, Petrović formed the jazz band Jazzy with bassist Rade Bulatović and percussionist Nenad Jelić. With Jazzy he recorded the albums, ''Jazzy'' (1983) and ''Wake Up and Jazzy'' (1986), both released through

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record label. They self-released the album ''Istorija Vizantije'' (''History of the

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'') on

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. The cassette was given to the visitors of their concert held in Belgrade's Students' Cultural Center on 22 January 1990. These recordings would be reissued on CD in 2012. The disc was given with an issue of the

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magazine ''Etnoumlje''. A number of musicians from Belgrade worked with Jazzy during the nine years of its activity. The group split up in 1990. Simultaneously with his work in Jazzy, Petrović was a member of the rock band

. He joined Jakarta in 1983, recording two albums with them, the

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oriented ''Maske za dvoje'' (''Masks for Two'', 1984), which brought them nationwide popularity, and

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-oriented ''Bomba u grudima'' (''Bomb in the Chest'', 1986). He remained the member of Jakarta until its dissolution in 1988.

Solo career and cooperations

Petrović started his solo career in 1985, with the album ''Dela Baha i Ramoa'' (''The Works of

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and

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''), on which he played

. During the same year, with violinist Nenad Milošević,

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Svetlana Tošić and cellist Tešman Živanović he recorded the album ''Baroque Trio Sonatas'', featuring pieces by

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, Loeillet and Bach. Three years later, he gained

from the Belgrade Faculty of Music. In 1991, he released the album ''Istorija Vizantije No.1'' (''History of the Byzantine Empire No.1''), which featured his compositions for

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inspired by

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. The album inner sleeve featured accompanying short stories written by Petrović. In 1993, with percussionist Veljko Nikolić, better known by his stage name Papa Nick, he released the

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album ''Levantinci'' (''

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''). In 1994, he released the ethnic jazz album ''Istorija Vizantije 2'', which featured numerous guest musicians: Rade Bulatović (bass), Vladeta Kandić (

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), Bata Božanić (bass), Luka Bošković (drums), Nenad Petrović (saxophone), Papa Nick (percussion), and others. In 1996, he published the double album ''Srpska muzika za čembalo'' (''Serbian Music for Harpsichord''), with harpsichord pieces inspired by traditional music of Serbia. During the same year, with Papa Nick and Greek musician Floros Floridis he recorded the album ''Syrtis Major''.''Syrtis Major'' at Discogs
/ref> In 1998, he released two albums with the band Južni Kvartet (''Southern Quartet''), ''The Past Continuous'' and ''Around Balkan Midnight''. Južni Kvartet consisted of Petrović (piano, prepared piano), Milivoje "Mića" Marković (

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), Papa Nick (percussion, vocals), and Vladimir Nikić (bass, accordion). Petrović authored all the tracks on their two albums. At the end of 1990s, he participated in the Levant Music project, consisting of him, Papa Nick, bassist Mihajlo "Miša" Blam and vocalist Vladana Marković. They released the album ''Rolling Sun'' (2000), recorded on their concert in Belgrade Ethnographic Museum. In 2001, he released his last album, ''Levantino'', which he recorded with the Bertollino

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, consisting of Katarina Milenković (violine), Aleksandar Gajić (violine), Đorđe Pantelić (viola) and Tešman Živanović (cello). The album featured material composed by Petrović and Gajić.

Other activities

Petrović taught harpsichord and

at the Belgrade Faculty of Music. He published two novels, ''Žitije Mardarija Monaha'' (''Life of Mardarije the Monk'', 1992) and ''Mihajlo iz Peći'' (''Mihajlo from

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'', 1997), and a book of short stories entitled ''Levant nad Levantom'' (''

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over Levant'', 1996). In 2009, he composed a

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based on ''Mihajlo iz Peći''. In 2010, just several weeks before his death, his book of essays on jazz entitled ''Dlanom o stopalo'' (''Palm across the Foot'') was published."Preminuo kompozitor Miloš Petrović", RTS.rs
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Death

Petrović died in Belgrade on 13 November 2010, after long illness.

Discography

With Jazzy

Studio albums

*''Jazzy'' (1983) *''Wake Up and Jazzy'' (1986) *''Istorija Vizantije'' (1990)

With Jakarta

Studio albums

*''Maske za dvoje'' (1984) *''Bomba u grudima'' (1986)

Singles

*"Amerika" / "Put u bajano" (1983) *"Spiritus" / "Problem" (1984) *"Osvojiću svet" / "Osvojiću svet – Instrumental" (1985)

Solo

Studio albums

*''Dela Baha i Ramoa'' (1985) *''Baroque Trio Sonatas'' (1985) *''Istorija Vizantije No.1'' (1991) *''Levantinci'' (1993) *''Istorija Vizantije 2'' (1994) *''Srpska muzika za čembalo'' (1996) *''Syrtis Major'' (1996) *''Levantino'' (2001)

Compilation albums

*''Istorija Vizantije 1 i 2'' (2019)

With Južni kvartet

Studio albums

*''The Past Continuous'' (1998) *''Around Balkan Midnight'' (1998)

With Levant Music

Studio albums

*''Rolling Sun'' (2000)

Bibliography

Fiction

*''Žitije Mardarija Monaha'' (1991) *''Levant nad Levantom'' (1996) *''Mihajlo iz Peći'' (1997)

Nonfiction

*''Dlanom o stopalo'' (2010)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrovic, Milos 1952 births 2010 deaths Serbian composers Serbian musical theatre composers Serbian rock keyboardists Serbian electronic musicians Serbian songwriters Yugoslav composers Yugoslav rock keyboardists Yugoslav electronic musicians Performers of Byzantine music Musicians from Belgrade University of Arts in Belgrade alumni Academic staff of the University of Arts in Belgrade