Vlaho Paljetak

Vlaho Paljetak (1893–1944) was a Croatian composer. He was born in Dubrovnik in the Austro-Hungarian Empire which is now part of modern Croatia. Vlaho was educated in Arbanasi, near Zadar, and worked as a teacher in Hvar and Vis. He studied singing and violin and was a self-taught guitarist. For a time he was a member of a small orchestra in Split which was run by Jakov Gotovac and Ivo Tijardovic. He went to Zagreb where he wanted to become an operatic tenor.

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• Marijana vlaho paljetak
• Vlaho paljetak violina u noci
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Vlaho started to compose songs and chansons. He recorded 60 songs, amongst them are: "The Blue Adriatic Sea", "From One Beautiful Night", "Under the Old Cypress Trees", "Adio Mare", "Fala" (music to Dragutin Domjanic's poem) and "Marijana" (co-authored with S. Sisic).