Ljubica Marić

• Sorrow for the Girl, for men choir (1928) • Sonata fantasia, for violin solo (1928/29) • String quartet (1930/31) – lost • Wind quintet (1931) • Music for Orchestra (1932) • Suite, for quartertone piano (1936/37) – lost • Trio, for clarinet, trombone and double bass (1937) – lost • Sketches, for piano (1944) – lost • Four improvisations and fugue's on the themes of Octoëchos, for piano (around 1944) – lost • Three Preludes and Etude, for piano (1945, rev. 1997) • Two songs, for mixed choir (1945) – lost(Romanija, The Mist) • Triumphal March, for symphony orchestra (probably 1945) – lost • Three folk songs, for mixed choir (1946) • Children's Choirs (1946/64)(Chicken's Worries, Nightingale and the Hunters, Enigmas, Violet's Shortcoming) • Song and Dance, for piano (1947) • Branko's Round Dance, for piano (1947) • Sonata for violin and piano (1948) • Verses from “The Mountain Wreath”, for baritone and piano (1951) • Songs of Space, cantata for mixed choir and symphony orchestra (1956) • Passacaglia, for symphony orchestra (1957) • Octoïcha 1, for symphony orchestra (1958/9, rev.1998) • Byzantine Concerto, for piano and orchestra (1959) • The Threshold of Dream, cantata for soprano, mezzo-soprano, narrator and chamber orchestra (1961) • Ostinato super thema Octoïcha, for piano, harp and string orchestra (1963) • Lament, Pastoral and Hymn, for mixed choir and instrumental ensemble, from the • music for the speaking oratorio Words of Light (1962/66)(redaction Mirjana Živković, 2009) • The Enchantress, melodic recitation for soprano and piano (1964) • Song for the Flute (1976) • Invocation, for double bass and piano (1983, rev. 1998) • Monodia Octoïcha, for cello solo (1984) • From the Darkness Chanting, recitative cantata for mezzo-soprano and piano (1984) • Asymptote, for violin and string orchestra (1986) • The Wondrous Milligram, for flute and soprano (1992) • Archaia, for string trio (1992) • Archaia 2, for wind trio (1993, rev. 1998) • Torso, for piano trio (1996, rev. 1998)

• Illustration — Plaque of Ljubica Marić on her Belgrade residence In 2009, the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Serbia to UNESCO requested that UNESCO should be associated with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ljubica Marić. Dmitry Shostakovich has characterized her works saying, “Ljubica Marić has used an entire arsenal of contemporary music in order to achieve a high goal. She speaks from the depth of her soul with clear and impressive language…” Her musical expression was praised by numerous other great artists of 20th century, such as Bartok, Lutoslawski, Haba, Nicolas Slonimsky, Hermann Scherchen and Marius Flothuis, considering Ljubica Marić's compositions among the greatest music creations of 20th century.