Risto Savin
Risto Savin
Risto Savin (Žalec, 1858 – Zagreb, 1948), born Friderik Širca, was a Slovenian composer. He is one of the composers credited with creating a Slovenian national tradition of opera.[1]
Risto Savin was a pseudonym adopted by Friderik Širca, a general in the army.[2] He studied composition with Robert Fuchs in Vienna and became notable as one of the composers of Slovenian-language opera. His opera Lepa Vida (Lovely Vida, 1907) is one of the Slovenian operas to show the influence of Wagner.[3] The house where Risto Savin was born in Žalec is now a museum.
Works
Operas
- Poslednja straža (Last Watch, 1898)
- Lepa Vida (Pretty Vida, 1907)
- Gosposvetski sen (1921)
- Matija Gubec (1923)
Ballets
- Plesna legendica (1918)
- Čajna punčka (The Tea Girl, 1922)
Songs
- "Pismo" (The Letter, Oton Župančič)
- "To je tako" (Oton Župančič)
- "Svetla noč" (Oton Župančič)
- "Marica" (Oton Župančič)
- "Ljubica, zdaj je dan" (Anton Aškerc)
Selected recordings
- Music for cello and piano Grieg, Savin, Martinu, Pucihar Nikolaj Sajko and pianist Miha Haas.
References
- ↑ Hindley, Geoffrey. 1994. Larousse Encyclopedia of Music, p. 576 "Davorin Jenko (1835-1914) is considered as the founder of Slovene national music; Risto Savin (1859-1948) created a national tradition of opera"
- ↑ Cvetko, Dragotin. 1967. Histoire de la musique Slovène. "Le premier de cette génération fut Risto Savin, dont le vrai nom était Friderik Širca (1858 — 1948). Il fut officier de profession et il obtint le grade de général. Il étudia la composition chez Robert Fuchs à Vienne."
- ↑ Jim Samson Cambridge History of Music 2001 "Slovenian composers well into the twentieth century developed a cosmopolitan late Romantic idiom influenced by Brahms and Dvorak and occasionally, as in Risto Savin's 1907 opera Lepa Vida (Lovely Vida), by Wagner"