Josip Mandić
Josip Mandić or Josef Mandić was a lawyer and a composer of Croat descent.
Biography
Mandić was born on 4 April 1883 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary. He graduated law from the University of Vienna in 1906. He also attended the Vienna Conservatory, taught by Hermann Graedener and Robert Fuchs. Mandić returned to native Trieste, opened a law office there, and became involved in politics as a political ally of Dinko Trinajstić. During the World War I, he became a member of the Yugoslav Committee, an ad-hoc group of politicians and activists advocating unification of the South Slavs and dissolution of Austria-Hungary. After the war, Mandić stayed in Switzerland until 1923 when he moved to Prague, Czechoslovakia where he practised law and wrote music again. He died on 4 October 1959 in Prague, at the age of 76.Mandić composed approximately 20 pieces of music including:Croatian Mass Slaven and song Petar Svačić
- Orchestral suite String Quartet Night Journey
- Four symphonies Wind Quintet Three Ballads Mirjana Captain Niko Variations on a Mozart Theme