Dance of the Baroness (Ples Barunice) (mp3 & midi included! ) - Frano Parać

Key Signature: Natural
Time Signature: 3/4
Tempo: Presto agitato (about 290bpm)
Difficulty: Advanced (very)

Frano Parać (Split, 11 May 1948), graduated in composition at the Music Academy of Zagreb in the class of Stanko Horvat, and continued his education under Marino Zuccheri in Milan at the Studio fonologia musicale della RAI. Since 1978 he has taught at the Music Academy of Zagreb, first as professor of theoretical courses, then of composition.

In 1992 he was appointed the position of full professor and he was elected dean on two occasions (1985 – 1987 and 2002 – 2006). Since as early as 1975 he has received numerous and most prominent professional awards as well as national medals.

In 1992 he was accepted as associate member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, becoming its full member in 2008. In the aesthetic, composing-technical and other versatile brittleness of music from the last quarter of the 20th century the Croatian composer Frano Parać succeeded in finding his distinguished place owing to his infallible musical instinct, skilful notation technique and clearly expressed belief that “the artists must raise his voice, because the noise around him has become too great”.
(
https://www.info.hazu.hr/en/clanovi/parac-frano/).