Jakov Gotovac was born on November 11, 1895 in Split (his origins are from Vinovo Gornje, village in Dalmatian Zagora), Croatia, and died on October 16, 1982 in Zagreb, Croatia. He was a composer and conductor of classical music. He is the author of the most famous Croatian opera, the comic Ero s onoga svijeta ("Ero the joker"), which first played in Zagreb in 1935.

Gotovac was born in Split and initially had little if any formal education in music. Jakov was fortunate to be encouraged and... [More >>]