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3 september 1992 zagreb , croatia trieste , austro-hungarian monarchy , -lrb- now italy -rrb- 150px croat bruno bjelinski 1 november 1909 bruno bjelinski.jpg bruno bjelinski
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bruno bjelinski

bruno bjelinski -lrb- born bruno weiss ; 1 november 1909 -- 3 september 1992 -rrb- was a croatian composer .
bjelinski was born in trieste into a jewish family .
he changed his surname from weiss to bjelinski -lrb- derivation of the word `` bijeli '' , meaning `` white '' in croatian language -rrb- .
he doctored in law at the university of zagreb and later studied music at the zagreb academy of music under blagoje bersa and franjo dugan .
bjelinski started composing in the 1930s with two sonatas for violin and piano -lrb- 1933 and 1937 -rrb- .
during the world war ii he was sent to a concentration camp , but in 1943 , with the help of a friend , he escaped and joined the partisans on the island of korčula .
at the end of the war he lived alternately on island vis and in the italian city of bari .
he taught at the academy from 1945 to 1977 .
bjelinski 's music is described as being direct and optimistic , his fresh style lending itself to both serious music and music for children .
bjelinski composed six operas , three ballets , 15 symphonies , 2 cello concertos , a cantata , piano music , songs , chamber music , and concertos for piano , violin , viola , bassoon , flute , and piano duo .
he also composed music for croatian football movie plavi 9 .
he died on island silba .
