Dora Pejačević

A major composer from the Balkans, Dora Pejačević introduced the symphony, concerto, and orchestral song to Croatian music. Forgotten after her early death, her music has been revived as interest in music by women has grown, and Croatian scholarship has shed more light on her career. Dora Pejačević, in full the Countess Maria Theodora Paulina Pejačević, was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on September 10, 1885, and was of noble birth on both sides. She grew up in Našice in what is now Croatia. Her father was a Hungarian count of noble Croatian descent. Pejačević's mother, ...