Petar Krstić (February 18, 1877 – January 21, 1957) was a Serbian composer and conductor known throughout Yugoslavia.

Born in Belgrade, Krstić studied under the Austrian composer Robert Fuchs and the Bohemian-Austrian musicologist Guido Adler in Vienna. He worked as a conductor and pedagogue in Belgrade as well as musical leader of Belgrade radio. His most famous operas include Zulumcar (1927) and Ženidba Jankovic Stojana (1948). He is best known for his overtures, chamber music, and choir works.

Petar Krstić

See also

Kosta Manojlović

Miloje Milojević

Stevan Hristić

Stevan Mokranjac

Isidor Bajić

Davorin Jenko

Jovan Đorđević

Josif Marinković

Nenad Barački

Tihomir Ostojić

Stefan Stratimirović

Stefan Lastavica

Stanislav Binicki

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Selection of works (in German)

Petar Krstić

1877 births

1957 deaths

19th-century composers

19th-century male musicians

Yugoslav composers

20th-century male musicians

Male composers

Serbian opera composers

Petar Krstić