Dragutin Hrastović
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Dragutin Hrastović | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dragutin Hrastović |
| Era | Contemporary Christian music |
| Works | 4 albums, more than 100 songs |
Dragutin Hrastović is a Croatian singer, composer and arranger of contemporary Christian music. He is known for his nickname "Eucharistic Nightingale".[1]
He wrote his first song at te age of 30.[2] During the next fifteen years, he wrote more than 100 songs and published 4 albums: "Ljubav koja preobražava" (Love that transforms), "Dvije zlatne poluge" (Two bullions), "Suze moje majke" (My mother's tears) and "Kralj ljubavi" (King of love).[2]
Among all the songs and arrangemts, some compositions stands out, such as "Cijeno neprocjenjiva" (Priceless price; written for Alen Hržica), "Sva si lijepa Marijo" (Mary, you are beautiful at all) and "Mi smo novo nebo" (We are the new sky).[1][2] Song "Cijeno neprocjenjiva" was included into Anthology of Croatian Christian music, album "Popularna duhovna glazba: 100 originalnih pjesama" (Popular spiritual music: 100 original songs) in edition of Croatia Records.[3]
He collaborated with other Croatian spiritual music performers. He performed on many Christian music festivals, such as Krapinafest,[4] Tonkafest[5] and Karmelfest.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Dražen Bušić. Euharistijski slavuj – Dragutin Hrastović Portal Dnevno, www.dnevno.hr, published 22 October 2012, accessdate 2 February 2018 (in Croatian)
- ^ a b c Dnevno.hr/Laudato. Dragutin Hrastović Archived 3 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine Laudato TV, www.laudato.hr, published 30. lipnja 2014., accessdate 2 February 2018 (in Croatian)
- ^ kgz. Popularna duhovna glazba : 100 originalnih pjesama City of Zagreb Libraries Catalogue, katalog.kgz.hr, acesdate 2. veljače 2018. (in Croatian)
- ^ Odabrane skladbe za 15. festival duhovne glazbe "Krapinafest" 2011. Archdiocese of Zagreb, www.zg-nadbiskupija.hr, published 13 April 2011, accessdate 2 veljače 2018 (in Croatian)
- ^ Mihaela Milanović Poljak. Tonkafest nas opet ujedinio: Prikupljeno 11.850 kuna za liječenje Mateja Archived 3 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine Radio Ogulin, www.radio-ogulin.hr, published 28 May 2017, accessdate 2 February 2018 (in Croatian)
- ^ Šibenik News. U subotu – Festival kršćanske duhovne glazbe – Karmelfest Šibenik News, mok.hr, published 14 July 2016, accessdate 2. veljače 2018. (in Croatian)
External links[edit]
- List of published works at ZAMP pages (Croatian Composers' Society)