Žiga Hirschler
Žiga Hirschler (21 March 1894, Velika Trnovitica near Bjelovar – 1941 Jasenovac concentration camp) was a Croatian-Jewish composer, music critic and publicist who was killed during the Holocaust.
Žiga Hirschler
- Name
- Žiga Hirschler
- Born
- 21 March 1894
- Birthplace
- Velika Trnovitica, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, (now Croatia)
- Died
- September 1941 (aged 47)
- Place of death
- Jasenovac concentration camp
- Occupation
- Composer, music critic
- Nationality
- Croatia
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- University of Zagreb
- Languages
- Croatian
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Žiga Hirschler (21 March 1894, Velika Trnovitica near Bjelovar – 1941 Jasenovac concentration camp) was a Croatian-Jewish composer, music critic and publicist who was killed during the Holocaust.
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Žiga Hirschler (1894–1941) was a Croatian composer, music critic and opinion journalist. Born in Bjelovar, the composer died in Jasenovac concentration camp. Žiga Hirschler studied at University of Zagreb.
Genres include classical music. Languages used include Croatian.
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• Name — Žiga Hirschler • Born — 21 March 1894 • Birthplace — Velika Trnovitica, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, (now Croatia) • Died — September 1941 (aged 47) • Place of death — Jasenovac concentration camp • Death Cause — Murdered in Holocaust • Occupation — Composer, music critic
Life
Life
Hirschler was born in Zagreb, to a Croatian Jewish family. He completed musical studies in 1917 at the Agram conservatory of the Croatian Music Institute in Zagreb. Hirschler composed orchestral, piano, vocal and dramatic works, and showed a tendency towards popular music. He was one of the most famous music critics in Zagreb between the two world wars. Hirschler was editor of Musician magazine. With his writing in the Večernji vjesnik and Jutarnji list he closely followed Croatian composers. As a Jew Hirschler faced persecution by Ustaše and Nazis. During the last days of his life, Hirschler didn't leave his apartment. He just had an intense correspondence with Paula Rendi, waiting for her to give him a pass so that he could cross over to a "free zone". That unfortunately never happened. Hirschler wrote his last letters on 12 September 1941. In one such letter, he dedicated a song to Rendi for her birthday. In late 1941 Hirschler was killed at the Jasenovac concentration camp.
Operas
Operas
• Dvije renesansne noći • Fiorentinska noć, 1926 • Svadbena noć, 1931 • Mara
Operettas
Operettas
• Pobjednica oceana, 1928 • Kaj nam pak moreju, 1935 • Napred naš, 1936 • Iz Zagreba u Zagreb, 1937 His Burlesk has been played on radio by Dan Franklin Smith but not recorded.
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Bjelovar.
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- 1.Muzički Informativni Centar. Festival hrvatske glazbe u Berlinu 24. rujan – 05. listopad 2008. www.mic.hr.
- 2.The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Albert Ernest Wier – 1938 "Hirschler, Sigismund, Croatian composer, teacher and music critic, born Trnovica. near Bjelovar, Mar. 21, 1894; studied at the Agram Conservatory."
- 3.Croatian Jewish network. Židovska zajednica u Hrvatskoj. www.croatian-jewish-network.com.
- 4.Židovska općina Zagreb. Međunarodni dan sjećanja na Holokaust. www.zoz.hr.
- 5.Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Djela hrvatskih skladatelja Židovskog podrijetla u Beču; stranica 38; broj 107, studeni / prosinac 2008.
- 6.Gradska knižnica i čitaonica Metel Ožegović. Svjetski dan pjesništva. www. knjiznica-vz.hr.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- Kraus, Ognjen. Dva stoljeća povijesti i kulture Židova u Zagrebu i Hrvatskoj. Židovska općina Zagreb. 1998. 953-96836-2-9.
- Knežević, Snješka. Židovski Zagreb. AGM, Židovska općina Zagreb. 2011. 978-953-174-393-8.
- Goldstein, Ivo. Židovi u Zagrebu 1918 – 1941. Novi Liber. 2005. 953-6045-23-0.
- Goldstein, Ivo. Holokaust u Zagrebu. Novi Liber. 2001. 953-6045-19-2.
- Pintar, Marijana, Hirschler, Žiga (Hiršler), u: Macan, Trpimir (ur.), Hrvatski biografski leksikon, Zagreb: Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, 1983., str. 580–581. (Croatian)
- Polić, Branko, Prekinuti roman Žige Hirschlera, Cantus, 1994, 80/81, str. 25. (Croatian)
- "Torta – Popijevke hrvatskih skladatelja uz klavirsku pratnju" (priredili Kristina Beck – Kukavčić i Felix Spiller; Edicije Spiller – hrvatski skladatelji, Zagreb 2005). (Croatian)
- Vujnović-Tonković, Ankica, Pisana riječ Žige Hirschlera, Novi Omanut – Prilog židovskoj povijesti i kulturi, 1995, 12, str. 5–7. (Croatian)
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