Božidar Širola

Dr. Božidar Širola (1889 in Žakanje – 1956 in Zagreb) was a Croatian composer, organologist, musicologist, ethnomusicologist, and museum administrator. He is known as a composer of almost all musical forms in classical music. Compositions * V protuletju: pet stavaka za sopran i gudački kvartet op. E.5 * 24 dvoglasne invencije u svim dur i mol premetima za klavir (24 two part inventions in all major and minor keys for piano) * Suita iz “Šume Striborove” for piano * Düsseldorfer Foxtrott (Text: Peter Korfmacher) (22.VI.1955) * Koncertni andante, op. D 24 * Plavo more - tango * Žudnja : (sopran i klavir) (12.II.1947) Oratorios * Zrtva Abrahamova (Abraham’s Sacrifice)(1924) * Zivot, i spomen slavnih ucitelja sv. brace Cirila i Metoda, apostola slavenskih (The Lives and Memory of the Glorious Teachers and Brothers, Saints Cyril and Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs - oratorio)(1927) * Posljednja pricest sv. Jeronima (The Last Communion of St. Jerome)(1928) * Muka i smrt Kristuseva (The Passion and Death of Christ)(1928) * Seljak (The Peasant)(1931) Piano sonatas * IX. sonata za klavir f-mol (25-IX-1955) * VIII. sonata za klavir F-dur (Zagreb 1954) * VII. sonata za klavir d-mol (Zagreb 19