Dora Pejačević (September 10, 1885, Budapest – March 5, 1923, Munich) was the first Croatian female composer. Dora Pejačević was a daughter of an excellent Croatian pianist and singer Lilla Pejačević, who gave her her first music lessons. Dora began to compose when she was only 12. She studied music in Zagreb, Dresden and Münich. She married in 1921. Although she led a lonely life, she met many eminent musicians and writers, and was friends with Austrian journalist and writer Karl Kraus and Czech aristocrat and culture patron Sidonie Nádherná. She left behind a rich opus of 58 piece… read more
Dora Pejačević (September 10, 1885, Budapest – March 5, 1923, Munich) was the first Croatian female composer. Dora Pejačević was a daughter of an excellent Croatian pianist and singer Lilla Pejačević, who gave her her first music lessons. Dora began to compose when she was only 12. She studie… read more
Dora Pejačević (September 10, 1885, Budapest – March 5, 1923, Munich) was the first Croatian female composer. Dora Pejačević was a daughter of an excellent Croatian pianist and singer Lilla Pejačević, who gave her her first music lessons. Dora began to compose when she was only 12. She studied music in Zagreb, Dresden and Münich. She married in 1921. Although she… read more