Risto Savin

Slovenian composer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSlovenian composer
PlacesSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia Croatia Austria-Hungary Slovenia
wasMusician Composer Military officer
Work fieldMilitary Music
Gender
Male
Birth11 July 1859, Žalec, Slovenia
Death11 December 1948Zagreb, Croatia (aged 89 years)
Star signCancer
Family
Siblings:Josip Širca
The details

Biography

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.

Risto Savin was a pseudonym adopted by Friderik Širca, a general in the army. 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. 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.
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