Milan Ristic

[Mambo]

Recently have been trying to find out more info on this Serbian composer, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1908) and died there
in 1982.
on google i put in "Milan Ristic composer" and get a few entries
- with about one short paragraph, as in this article.
They also note a Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians - anyone know about that(?).
And they note some libraries that have (this book?), but i dont want to travel there.
He must not be very popular / and i'm not ready yet to go to Serbia.
any suggestions, please

[ReinerTorheit]

Serbia is a rather attractive place, you are missing something there

Belgrade was rather damaged in war, but it has a very vibrant cafe culture, lots of nice bars and restaurants where you can sit outside in summer.

The National Opera is not bad - especially if you see one of my shows there [In fact, there is only one].

[Mambo]

you're right, RT - have been reading a little more about Serbia
lately - every one knows about Italy, just across the Adriatic, but on Serbia, they usually draw a blank.
If we recall it in the States, it is the 1998-1999 conflict there when
Clinton sent troops to Bosnia-Hercegovina.
So whenever we think of genocide and 'ethnic cleansing',
the Nazis have no monopoly on it whatsoever

[Mambo]

Since i could not find too much on the internet on the Serbian
composer Milan Ristic, here is a little more info on the composer
from an album of his
Eighth Symphony (c. 1975) and
Five Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (1970).
Belgrade Radio and Television Orchestra conducted by Mladen Jagust.
Ristic had outstanding influences - Schonberg, Hindemith, Prokofiev,
and Alois Haba, known for his use of quarter tones.

This 8-page article
by Melita Milin, is a good account of Serbian symphonies from
1900 to 1950. Unfortunately it does not have the later works
by Ristic, who died 1982.
She says the first Serbian works in this genre were "more based on authentic folk tunes, and demanded thematic work of primarily variational type, thereby producing looser and sometimes
rhapsodic structures."
These are the same ideas we saw in the previous description of
Carlos Surinach's Second Symphony.
Milin goes on to say (in her opinion i presume) that the general
aesthetic and artistic level of these works are not impressive.
She says "that these 4 composers have works that could be designated as more than conventional in essence and expression":

Petar Konjovic
Milenko Paunovic
Predrag Milosevic
Milan Ristic