Vatroslav Lisinski

Croatian composer (1819–1854)

Born

Ignatius Fuchs

(1819-07-08)8 July 1819

Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire

Died31 May 1854(1854-05-31) (aged 34)

Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire

Vatroslav Lisinski

Born	Ignatius Fuchs (1819-07-08)8 July 1819 Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire
Died	31 May 1854(1854-05-31) (aged 34) Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire

Vatroslav Lisinski (Croatian: [vâtroslaːv lisǐnskiː], 8 July 1819 – 31 May 1854) was a Croatian composer.

Lisinski was born Ignatius Fuchs to a German Jewish family.^[1]^[2] He would later change his name to Vatroslav Lisinski,^[3] which is a Croatian calque of his original name. For a time he worked as a clerk at the Tabula Banalis in Zagreb.

Lisinski composed the first Croatian opera, Love and Malice (1846), which he wrote at the urging of Alberto Ognjen Štriga,^[4] and Porin (1851) as well as numerous works for orchestra, choir and soloists.

He was also one of the founders of Illyrism, a movement that advocated the importance of Croatian and more generally South Slavic cultural heritage,^[5] as a reaction to Magyarisation during the Austro-Hungarian rule.

Lisinski died in Zagreb on 31 May 1854 and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.^[6]

Legacy

In 1944, Oktavijan Miletić directed a movie about him, Lisinski (film). The Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall was named after him in 1973.

The international train EN 498/499 connecting Zagreb and Munich is named Lisinski, after the composer.^[7]

References

↑ Beus-Richembergh, Goran. "Croatian God German" (in Croatian). Matica hrvatska. Retrieved 2010-07-15. Vatroslav Lisinski, pravim imenom Ignaz Fuchs, bio je njemačko-židovskog podrijetla,... [Vatroslav Lisinski, real name Ignaz Fuchs, was of German-Jewish origin, ...]
↑ Polimac, Nenad (2009-12-23). "Titula izdanja godine za blistavo restaurirani film" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 2012-07-10. Prvi hrvatski operni skladatelj Vatroslav Lisinski, zapravo zvao Ignac Fuchs i bio je podrijetlom Židov. [The first Croatian opera composer Vatroslav Lisinski, real name Ignac Fuchs was a Jew by origin.]
↑ Kalogjera-Brkić, Ivana (2009-07-26). "I'm not minister for the money, I already have my millions" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2010-07-15. Obiteljskoj lozi po očevoj strani pripada i Vatroslav Lisinski, pristaša ilirskog pokreta, pravim imenom Ignac Fuchs. [To family line on my father's side belongs Lisinski, a supporter of the Illyrian movement, whose real name was Ignac Fuchs]
↑ "Opera". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
↑ "Himna". Archives of Yugoslavia. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022. [Hey, Slavs] was sung as the anthem at the pan-Slavic congress in Prague in 1848, where delegate Vatroslav Lisinski declared himself as the first Yugoslav.
↑ Gradska groblja Zagreb: Vatroslav Lisinski - pod ilir, Mirogoj RKT-908-PAVVEL-1 [Zagreb City Cemeteries: Vatroslav Lisinski - under Illyrian, Mirogoj RKT-908-PAVVEL-1] (in Croatian)
↑ "EuroNight Lisinski: Stuttgart 🇩🇪 and Munich 🇩🇪 to Ljubljana 🇸🇮 and Zagreb 🇭🇷 by sleeper train – rail-away.com". rail-away.com. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2026.

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