Vinko Jelić

Vinko Jelić (1596 - after 22 July 1636) was a Croatian Baroque composer, singer and musician. He is considered among the most prominent European creators of the early Baroque chamber sacred concerto. He is also considered as the most prolific Croatian Baroque composer, along with Ivan Lukačić.

Born in Rijeka, he received his musical and general education in Graz (1606-1618), and from 1618 until his disappearance in the Thirty Years' War, he worked in Alsatian city of Zabern (today's Saverne) as a musician, composer, and Catholic priest. A total of 69 of Jelić's vocal (soloist and choral) and 12 instrumental works have been preserved; several compositions with lost tenor lines were supplemented by Lovro Županović, the editor of Jelić's works.

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