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Dora Pejacevic: Complete Symphonic Works

Annika Schlicht; Martina Filjak; Staatskapelle Weimar; Ivan Repusic

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: AUDITE23449

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Release Date:  06 March 2026

Label:  Audite

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  4022143234490

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Dora Pejacevic

  • Description

    \u200BIs there such a thing as "female" and "male" music? The life of Croatian composer Dora Pejacevic clearly shows that - like many other women composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries - she had far fewer opportunities in the musical world than her male colleagues. Yet her aristocratic background and a mother who was herself a composer afforded her certain freedoms. Step by step, Pejacevic found her way into concert programmes throughout the Habsburg Monarchy, with works ranging from piano and vocal music to the symphony, a genre traditionally considered "male." The reception of her music illustrates how difficult it is to classify music according to gender: while some critics described her compositions as "feminine", others recognised in them a "masculine" expressive power. What remains beyond doubt, however, is Dora Pejacevic's artistic significance - as one of the most outstanding women composers of her era.