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Tijardovi?, Ivo.
(b Split, 18 Sept 1895; d Zagreb, 19 March 1976). Croatian composer. He studied music in Split and Vienna and graduated from the Zagreb drama school in 1922. He then worked as conductor and stage designer at the Split Municipal Theatre (1922-9) before joining the music department of the Edison Bell Penkala recording company in Zagreb (1929-33). Returning to Split, he worked as director-conductor of the opera and as stage manager at the Municipal Theatre (1933-41); he was later stage manager of the National Theatre in Zagreb (1945-9). As a composer Tijardovi? was primarily drawn to the musical stage; within this field, his best works are those in the lighter genres. Of his operettas, Mala Floramye (‘Little Floramye’, 1926) and Splitski akvarel (‘A Watercolour of Split’, 1928), both written to his own libretti, have had enormous successes and have remained in the operetta repertory. In these works he succeeded in conveying the local colour of Split, also including in the score the then popular international dances, and showed his gift for dramatic development and effective ensembles. His musical style is traditional, with an attractive Mediterranean melodiousness enriched with folk elements.
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Pierrot Illo; Split, Municipal, 31 Dec 1922

Mala Floramye [Little Floramye]; Split, Municipal, 14 Jan 1926

Kraljica lopte [The Queen of the Ball]; Split, Municipal, 21 Aug 1926

Splitski akvarel [A Watercolour of Split] (I. Tijardovi?); Split, Municipal, 5 March 1928

Zapovijed Maršala Marmonta [The Order of Marshal Marmont]; Split, Municipal, 30 April 1929

Jurek i Štefek; Zagreb, National, 24 June 1931

Doživljaji u Šangaju [The Adventures in Shanghai] (musl comedy, A.S. Dale), 1933; as Min, Osijek, 6 June 1958

Judita (incid music, after M. Maruli?), 1940

Partizansko kolo [Partisan Reel] (ballet), 1944; Split, 21 March 1945

Dimnjaci uz Jadran [Chimneys on the Adriatic] (op, 3, Tijardovi?), 1949; Zagreb, National, 20 Jan 1951

Marko Polo (op, prol., 3, epilogue, V. Rabadan), 1955; Zagreb, National, 3 Dec 1960

Katarina Velika [Catherine the Great] (musical), 1956; Zagreb, Komedija, 9 April 1960