Petar Krstić (February 18, 1877 – January 21, 1957) was a

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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 ...

and

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known throughout

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. Born in

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, Krstić studied under the Austrian composer

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and the Bohemian-Austrian musicologist

Guido Adler Guido Adler (1 November 1855 – 15 February 1941) was a Moravian-Austrian musicologist and writer. Early life Adler was born at Eibenschütz in Moravia in 1855 of Jewish parentage. He moved with his family to Vienna nine years later. His ...

in Vienna. He worked as a

and

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in Belgrade as well as musical leader of Belgrade radio. His most famous operas include ''Zulumcar'' (1927) and ''Ženidba Jankovic Stojana'' (1948). He is best known for his overtures, chamber music, and choir works.

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