- Source: Franjo Dugan
Franjo Dugan (11 September 1874 – 12 December 1948) was a prominent Croatian composer, organist and academic.
Biography
Dugan received his first lessons in organ from Vatroslav Kolander, organist in Zagreb Cathedral. After graduating in Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb in 1892 he went to Hochmusikschule in Berlin, where he graduated in 1908. His professors were Robert Kahn and Max Bruch. By returning to Croatia, he became a professor in Osijek and Zagreb (1921-1941), where he taught music theory, composition and organs.
He was choirmaster of the several choirs (Kolo, Sloga, Oratory choir of the St. Mark's Church) and the organist of the St. Mark's Church. He was one of the founders of the Cecilian movement in Croatia, harmonizing a vast number of Croatian folk chants. He was a member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Works
He composed in a late romantical style, relying on the Baroque polyphony. He was partially inspired by Croatian folklore, especially sacral traditions of the Hrvatsko Zagorje, where he was born. He composed more than fifty vocal and instrumental (mostly for organs) music works.
= Orchestral works
=Uvertira (Overture), 1985
Simfonijski andante (Symphonical andante), 1908
= Works for organ
=Šest fughetta, 1893
Dva preludija, 1893
Prélude et fugue in G-major, 1894.
Dvije fuge, in c-minor and f-minor, 1894
Kromatska fuga in c-minor, 1895.
Toccata in g-minor, 1895.
Fantazija (Fantasy), 1895.
Preludij i fuga in H-major, 1908/09
Božićna predigra, 1942
= Scientific papers
=Elementarna teorija muzike (Elementary Theory of Music), 1922.
Vježbe za zborno pjevanje 1923
Nauka o muzičkim formama, 1932
Nauka o instrumentima, 1936
Akustika (Acustics), 1943
Nauk o glasbalima, 1944
Nauka o formama (left in manuscript)