Ivo Tijardović

He graduated from the Zagreb drama school in 1922. He then worked as conductor and stage designer at the Split Municipal Theatre (1922–29) before joining the music department of the Edison Bell Penkala recording company in Zagreb (1929–33). Returning to Split, he became director of the Croatian National Theatre, stage director of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, and director of the State Symphony Orchestra (later, the Zagreb Philharmonic). He composed eight operettas, the best known of which are Mala Floramye ("Little Floramye") and Splitski Akvarel ("The Split Aquarelle"), which conjure the magic of Split between the two world wars. His operas dealt with historical themes. He also painted and worked as an illustrator. During World War II, when Split was annexed and occupied by Fascist Italy, Ivo Tijardović joined the Unitary National Liberation Front (Jedinstveni narodnooslobodilački front, JNOF), the umbrella organization and political coalition behind the Yugoslav Partisans resistance movement. He soon became active in the city's interim resistance government set-up by the Partisans, the National Liberation Committee (Narodnooslobodilački odbor, NOO), and on 15 May 1942 he became its president (mayor), a post which he held until September 1943. The same year he left the city and joined the Partisans in the countryside. During the remainder of the war, he served as a member of the Croatian parliament, the ZAVNOH, and as President of the Regional National Liberation Committee for Dalmatia. During this period, he reworked the old Split patriotic song "Marjane, Marjane", which soon became the city's anthem in the form he published. He returned to the city after its final liberation in 1944, and revitalized its theatrical scene. He died in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia.

Ivo Tijardović studied at University of Zagreb. The recorded working language is Croatian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Positions recorded include list of Mayors of Split and member. Works named in the authority record are Little Floramye and Split Aquarelle.

Operettas Pierrot Ilo, 1922 Split Mala Floramye (Little Floramye), 1926 Split Splitski Akvarel, 1928 Split Zapovijed maršala Marmonta (Marshal Marmont's Order), 1929 Split Jurek i Štefek, 1931 Zagreb Musicals Katarina Velika (Katherine the Great, 1929 Zagreb Operas Dimnjaci uz Jadran (Smokestacks on the Adriatic), 1951 Zagreb Marko Polo, 1960 Zagreb Dioklecijan (Diocletian), 1963 Zagreb