137:
Ludmila Frajt is a pioneer of female writing in the domain of
Serbian music. Her discourse is characterised by its chamber qualities, lyricism and subtlety, which can be seen both in the choice of genres and performing forces, and in her compositional procedures. Furthermore, she was fascinated with
120:
sound world, inspired by French composers, and her desire to study and utilise the deepest layers of folklore. This desire was identified and cultivated during her studies with
MilojeviÄ and Slavenski. After World War II, instead of succumbing to the official demand to write music in accordance with
124:
In 1960s and 1970s Frajt studied and assimilated the latest compositional techniques of the
European musical avant-garde ā in particular, aleatorics, the idea of 'open-work' and various multimedia experiments. She mixed and merged these with her already established interest in
105:; and then, from 1958 until retirement, she was the Secretary of the Music Committee of Yugoslav Radio-Television (ŠŠ Š¢) in Belgrade. Aside from composing, she was also involved with ethnographic research, and she avidly collected archaic folk instruments.
89:
Aside from their professional relationship, Frajt and
Slavenski also developed a close personal friendship, with Slavenski and his wife Milana IliÄ serving as witnesses at Ludmila Frajt's wedding to Mile FranoviÄ. Unfortunately, FranoviÄ was killed at the
78:. After the country was liberated, she resumed her study. However, her professor MilojeviÄ died in 1946, and therefore she graduated with Josip Slavenski as the first female graduate in composition. (Another prominent Serbian female composer,
133:
and antiquity. Her tendency to employ unusual, quasi-archaic instruments and naturalistic sound effects is notable; some of her works are scored for instruments such as folk pipes, silver spoons and children's toys.
121:
the doctrine of
Socialist Realism, Frajt turned to studying Serbian folklore. However, her compositions from this period are not based on quotations of folk music.
397:
382:
402:
422:
417:
407:
392:
292:
427:
328:
62:
Ludmila Frajt received her first music lessons at home; then she attended the
Belgrade Music School, where one of her teachers was
387:
27:
and radio-dramas, electro-acoustic works, as well as music for children. She has won numerous awards for her music for children.
318:
412:
296:
59:
in
Belgrade. After his death in 1938, his son Stevan Frajt, also a musician, continued to run this family business.
55:
in 1903. He worked as a violinist, organist, conductor, composer and music publisher. He founded a publishing house
67:
173:
377:
372:
138:
a female voice (both in solo and choral settings), and she often wrote 'female' vocal genres such as
254:
71:
94:, only three years after they got married. After this tragedy, the young widow never remarried.
324:
79:
117:
63:
102:
48:
366:
91:
75:
98:
40:
204:, cantata for female chorus and chamber orchestra (lyrics: composer's own)
43:
into a family of musicians. Her father Jovan (Jan) Frajt, born in 1882 in
287:
Ivana MediÄ: "Dedicated to Josip
Slavenski", in: Mirjana ŽivkoviÄ (ed.),
143:
126:
44:
36:
139:
130:
97:
From 1946 to 1952, Ludmila Frajt was Head of the Music
Department at
83:
52:
20:
23:
composer. She wrote choral, orchestral and chamber works, music for
66:. In 1938 she enrolled to study composition at the newly founded
280:
Ivana MediÄ: "Ludmila Frajt. The 'Other' Serbian
Composer", in:
163:
24:
116:
Initially, Frajt's style revolved around a combination of
19:(31 December 1919 ā 14 March 1999) was a Yugoslav and
101:; from 1952 to 1958 she was a Deputy Music Editor at
320:The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers
8:
353:International discography of women composers
284:no. 77 (September 2005), pp. 208ā214.
197:for mixed chorus (lyrics from folk poetry)
172:, symphonic story for children (lyrics by
317:Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994).
232:for wind quintet, strings and percussion
149:She died of natural causes in Belgrade.
309:
74:. Her studies were interrupted by the
277:(Belgrade, University of Arts, 1991).
253:for mixed chorus and tape (lyrics by
183:, rhapsody for clarinet and orchestra
7:
293:Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
218:for string quartet and silver spoons
70:(nowadays Faculty of Music), with
14:
398:Serbian women classical composers
35:Ludmila (Lida) Frajt was born in
383:20th-century classical composers
297:Association of Serbian Composers
403:Serbian people of Czech descent
262:Music for 13 String Instruments
211:for soprano and children's toys
108:She died in Belgrade, aged 80.
323:. W. W. Norton & Company.
1:
423:Yugoslav film score composers
289:Josip Slavenski and his Epoch
418:Serbian film score composers
408:20th-century women composers
291:(Belgrade, Faculty of Music/
393:Serbian classical composers
444:
428:Women film score composers
351:Cohen, Aaron I. (1984).
246:, electro-acoustic music
239:, electro-acoustic music
190:, electro-acoustic music
388:Musicians from Belgrade
68:Belgrade Music Academy
181:A Musician and Birds
413:Yugoslav composers
202:Songs of the Night
174:Desanka MaksimoviÄ
170:A Strange Musician
82:, was educated in
275:Writings on Music
244:Figures in Motion
225:for female chorus
47:(nowadays in the
435:
357:
356:
348:
342:
341:
339:
337:
314:
273:Petar Bingulac:
72:Miloje MilojeviÄ
443:
442:
438:
437:
436:
434:
433:
432:
363:
362:
361:
360:
350:
349:
345:
335:
333:
331:
316:
315:
311:
306:
270:
155:
153:Important works
118:impressionistic
114:
64:Josip Slavenski
33:
12:
11:
5:
441:
439:
431:
430:
425:
420:
415:
410:
405:
400:
395:
390:
385:
380:
375:
365:
364:
359:
358:
343:
329:
308:
307:
305:
302:
301:
300:
285:
278:
269:
266:
265:
264:
258:
255:Zvonimir BrkiÄ
247:
240:
233:
226:
219:
212:
205:
198:
195:Farewell Songs
191:
184:
177:
166:
154:
151:
113:
112:Personal style
110:
103:Radio Belgrade
51:), settled in
49:Czech Republic
32:
29:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
440:
429:
426:
424:
421:
419:
416:
414:
411:
409:
406:
404:
401:
399:
396:
394:
391:
389:
386:
384:
381:
379:
376:
374:
371:
370:
368:
354:
347:
344:
332:
330:9780393034875
326:
322:
321:
313:
310:
303:
298:
294:
290:
286:
283:
279:
276:
272:
271:
267:
263:
259:
256:
252:
248:
245:
241:
238:
234:
231:
227:
224:
220:
217:
216:Silver Sounds
213:
210:
206:
203:
199:
196:
192:
189:
185:
182:
178:
175:
171:
167:
165:
161:
160:Five Preludes
157:
156:
152:
150:
147:
145:
141:
135:
132:
128:
122:
119:
111:
109:
106:
104:
100:
95:
93:
92:Syrmian Front
87:
85:
81:
80:Ljubica MariÄ
77:
73:
69:
65:
60:
58:
57:Edition Frajt
54:
50:
46:
42:
38:
30:
28:
26:
22:
18:
17:Ludmila Frajt
352:
346:
334:. Retrieved
319:
312:
288:
281:
274:
268:Bibliography
261:
250:
243:
236:
229:
222:
215:
208:
201:
194:
187:
180:
169:
159:
148:
136:
123:
115:
107:
96:
88:
76:World War II
61:
56:
34:
16:
15:
378:1999 deaths
373:1919 births
367:Categories
304:References
99:Avala Film
41:Yugoslavia
336:4 October
188:Asteroids
158:1953-65
31:Biography
299:, 2007).
237:Nocturne
223:Threnody
144:threnody
127:folklore
37:Belgrade
230:Šclogue
209:Lullaby
140:lullaby
131:rituals
21:Serbian
327:
282:Sveske
260:1982
249:1981
242:1979
235:1975
228:1975
221:1973
214:1972
200:1970
193:1969
186:1967
179:1966
168:1965
84:Prague
53:Serbia
251:Bells
207:1971
45:PlzeÅ
25:films
338:2010
325:ISBN
164:harp
162:for
142:and
86:).
369::
146:.
129:,
39:,
355:.
340:.
295:/
257:)
176:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.