Darinka Simic-Mitrovic

Darinka Simic-Mitrovic (born February 19, 1937) is a Serbian author, composer^[1]^[2] and music educator.^[3]

Biography

Simic-Mitrovic was born in Belgrade. She earned a degree from the Music Academy in Belgrade in 1962, where her teachers included Emil Hajek and Predrag Milosevic. After graduating, Simic-Mitrovic taught piano at the Music School Josip Slavenski, where she received the 1964 April 4 Award of the Federation of Students. In 1967, she began working as a music editor at Radio Belgrade.^[4] She married Mirosav Mitrovic in 1975 and they had two daughters.^[3]

Simic-Mitrovic is a member of the Composers’ Association of Serbia.^[5] In addition to composing music, she wrote a book about Serbian theatre, and contributed to a history of the Belgrade Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Radio-Television Belgrade. Her works have been published by Radio Beograd and Zvonik.^[6] They include:

Books

A Sentimental Story of Serbian Theatre^[6]
Da Capo all’Infinito: Half a Century Since the Founding of the Belgrade Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Radio-Television Belgrade (with Slobodan Atanackovic and Sveta Lukic)^[6]

Chamber

Sonata (violin and piano)^[4]
Igre (dances; bassoon and piano)^[4]

Vocal

Gradinar (song cycles; mezzo-soprano and piano; text by Rabindranath Tagore)^[4]
Vrati Mi Moje Krpice (song cycle; two sopranos, violin, flute, harp and cello; text by Vasko Popa)^[4]

References

^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
^ ^a ^b Cummings, David (2000). International who's who in music and musicians' directory : (in the classical and light classical fields). International Biographical Centre. p. 595. ISBN 0-948875-53-4. OCLC 44483931.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "S | Composers' Association of Serbia". composers.rs. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c Simic-Mitrovic, Darinka. "Worldcat.org". Retrieved 2022-04-05.

[1] Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.

[2] Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[:0-3] Cummings, David (2000). International who's who in music and musicians' directory : (in the classical and light classical fields). International Biographical Centre. p. 595. ISBN 0-948875-53-4. OCLC 44483931.

[:1-4] Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[5] "S | Composers' Association of Serbia". composers.rs. Retrieved 2022-04-05.

[:2-6] Simic-Mitrovic, Darinka. "Worldcat.org". Retrieved 2022-04-05.

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