Rade Jovanović (composer)

For the singer born 1971, see Rade Jovanović (singer).
Rade Jovanović
Birth name Radoslav Jovanović
Born (1928-04-15)15 April 1928
Goražde, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Died 15 April 1986(1986-04-15) (aged 58)
Goražde, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres Sevdalinka, folk, Bosnian folk
Occupation(s) Composer

Radoslav "Rade" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радослав "Раде" Јовановић; 1928 – 1986) was a Yugoslav composer and songwriter, best known for his legacy collection of sevdalinka folk songs from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

Biography

He attended schools in Goražde and Priboj. With the breakout of the World War II at the age of 13 he joined the Yugoslav partisans.[2] Consequently, some of his songs were dedicated to his brothers in arms. He contracted tuberculosis during the war but was able to survive harsh conditions of partisans life. After the war he had propelled as a youth leader before being sent to the island of Goli Otok, where he was held as a political prisoner due to the Cominform Resolution. He was released after 18 months and returned to his hometown.[3]

His first successful song was "Često mlađan prošetam kraj Drine". Another one followed "Na obali Drine" performed by Zaim Imamović. Then Nada Mamula sang "Negdje u daljine",[4] and "Sjecaš li se ratni druže" i "Bolan ti ležim jarane" were performed by Gvozden Radičević. Country-wide recognition shortly follows when he wins at the festival Ilidža 1964 with his song "Jablani se povijaju", performed by Safet Isović. That song alone won the awards for melody and lyrics from both - the audience and the nomination committee.[1] His other three songs were also performed that same night and also took other awards. Next year he repeats his success at the very same festival Ilidža 1965, with the song "Ne pitaj me stara majko" performed by Nedeljko Bilkić, and establishes himself as one of the leading folk authors and prolific composer of warm, melodic and distinctive style.[5]

Safet Isović performs "Kad sretneš Hanku" at the Beogradskom Sabor festival in 1970. Seven years later, a number of music critics of former Yugoslavia, in a public poll carried out by the Belgrade Radio, voted and acclaimed "Kad sretneš Hanku" as the folk song of the decade.[6]

His life and work had inspired many theater, film and radio authors who filmed documentaries about him and recorded radio shows, before and after his death [7] He committed a suicide on April 15, 1986 and was buried in his hometown.

Songs

He wrote over 500 songs.

References

  1. 1 2 Tema: Radoslav Rade Jovanović (1928—1986)
  2. ↑ http://www.znaci.net/00001/129_11.pdf
  3. ↑ Udruženje filmskih radnika Bosne i Hercegovine - Šemsudin Gegić - Drzavni Neprijatelj Broj 1.
  4. ↑ Negdje u daljine - Rade Jovanović i Nada Mamula on YouTube
  5. ↑ Časopis za književnost, umjetnost i kulturu "BUKTINJA" Broj 26 | Izdavač "Krajinski književni klub" Negotin, 2010
  6. ↑ The story of Hanka - Kako je nastala jedna od najljepših sevdalinki
  7. ↑ Uzgredni zapisi Vehida Gunića.

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