Boris Papandopulo, Greek maestro considered the greatest Croatian composer

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The general complexity of the theme and proved mastery of his trade that enables the prolific Croatian composer Boris Papandopulo (1906-1991) to convincingly blend the world and folk idiom – are the main features of his major composing period from 1930 to 1940. Inspired by the Collection of Folk Poems by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Papandopulo composed his anthological Dodolice, the folk ritual for soprano solo, girls choir and piano in 1932 and about a year later the exceptionally successful sophisticated-lyrical short choir piece Nad grobom ljepote djevojke (The Tomb of a Beautiful Girl) in which he achieves a perfect balance of colours equally by a careful distribution of sections both in the homophony and polyphony. The piece is interrupted by the interesting occasional breaks-cadences, which do not disturb the music but give it a new power. The end of the piece is very effective with the lingering of female voices that conjure up an impressive tonal image of the immortal girl's soul.

Boris Papandopulo-Three Croatian Dances/Guitar solo

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