VASE Visual Archive Southeastern Europe Permalink: https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.1492 Studio portrait of composer Stevan Mokranjac Object: Studio portrait of composer Stevan Mokranjac Description: Half-length frontal shot of a seated man. He is wearing a dark suit, glasses and many insignia of honor. Comment: Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac (1856, Negotin – 1914, Skopje) was a Serbian composer and music educator. His work was essential in terms of recording and organizing Valach Serbian folk poetry, which only existed in the oral tradition and can be regarded as representative of the contemporary Serbian national spirit at large. In 1899 he founded the first independent music school in Serbia with Stanislav Binički and Cvetko Manojlović: Studio portrait of composer Stevan the Serbian Music School in Belgrade. Mokranjac This photograph was the model for the © Museum of Theater Art of Serbia portrait which is printed on the current 50 Dinar banknote. Relations: https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.1495 Location: Belgrade Country: Serbia Type: Postcard Creator: Jovanović, Milan, (Photographer) Publisher: S.B. Cvijanović Dimensions: Artefact: 137mm x 86mm Format: Not specified Technique: Not specified Keywords: 180 Total Culture > 184 Cultural Participation 340 Structures > 344 Public Structures 450 Finance > 453 Banking 530 Arts > 533 Music 540 Commercialized Entertainment > 545 Musical Studio portrait of composer Stevan and Theatrical Productions Mokranjac 550 Individuation and Mobility > 551 Personal © Museum of Theater Art of Serbia Names 550 Individuation and Mobility > 554 Status, Role, and Prestige 560 Social Stratification https://gams.uni-graz.at/vase 1 VASE Visual Archive Southeastern Europe Permalink: https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.1492 Copyright: Muzej Pozorišne Umetnosti Srbije Archive: Museum of Theater Art of Serbia, Inv. No.: I-1763 License: This picture is licensed under Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0] (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- nd/3.0/) Editor: Ana Djordjevic Permalink: https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.1492 https://gams.uni-graz.at/vase 2.