Arsenije "Arsen" Dedić (Serbian Cyrillic: Арсеније "Арсен" Дедић, pronounced [ǎrsɛːnijɛ ǎrsen děːditɕ]; 28 July 1938 – 17 August 2015) was a Croatian singer-songwriter. He wrote and performed chansons, as well as film music. He was also an award-winning poet, and was one of the best-selling poets of former Yugoslavia and Croatia.
Dedić was baptized in the Serbian Orthodox Church under the name Arsenije, after the Serbian Archbishop Arsenije III Čarnojević.[1] He finished music school. He and his older brother Milutin left Šibenik for Zagreb and Belgrade, respectively, in 1957.[1] He studied law at the University of Zagreb but dropped out in 1959, enrolling in the Music Academy of Zagreb and receiving a diploma in 1964.
Dedić became a household name in the 1960s, thanks to pop music festivals and his brand of music, which was at first influenced by Dalmatian folklore, but is mostly comparable to the French chanson genre. Throughout the decades Dedić became one of the most respected musicians in former Yugoslavia and maintained that reputation all the way to the his death.
Illness and death
At the beginning of 2014, Dedić fell and had difficulties walking, so he had to use a cane.[5] Because of unbearable pain in July 2015, he underwent surgery for hip endoprosthesis in the orthopedic hospital in Krapinske Toplice, followed by a two-week rehabilitation. On 28 July, he spent his 77th birthday with family and friends in Zagreb. At the end of July, he suffered severe inflammation most likely as a complication after the surgery, because of which he had the liver transplant in 2004 and had been under immunosuppressive therapy since then, and was taken to intensive care. At first, his condition improved and the medical records were better.
On 8 August, it was reported that his inflammation had calmed down and responded well to drugs. He was expected to be released home but his wife Gabi Novak found him in a serious condition lying on the floor next to the walkerand speaking indistinctly. He was admitted on the emergency neurology of the Zagreb Clinical Hospital Center but his condition on 13 August drastically worsened. On 14 August, his lungs failed and he was attached to the respirator, and soon the other organs failed successively. Novak refused a high-risk surgery.[6][7][8][9][10]
Dedić died at the Zagreb Clinical Hospital Center on 17 August 2015, at 9:00 pm, aged 77.[11][12][13][14] The commemoration was held at the Croatian National Theatre in Šibenik,[15] and in the Croatian Music Institute in Zagreb.[16] He was cremated and buried, according to his own wishes, in the circle of his closest family, far from the public eyes, on 25 August at the Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb.[17]
Arsen Dedić and his wife Gabi Novak got married on 30 March 1973. They had together a son Matija, today renowned jazz pianist.
Dedić had a daughter Sandra, born in 1962, from his first marriage with Vesna Suligoj, a grandniece of Antun Gustav Matoš, one of the greatest Croatian poets. Sandra is married to Alen Slavica,[18][19] a popular singer-songwriter and they have daughter Ema, born in August 2011.[20][21][22] In 1973, Dedić married his second wife Gabi Novak, a prominent Croatian pop singer.[23] Their son Matija,[24][25][26] who was born the same year, is one of the most respected jazz pianists in Croatia. He has a daughter Lu, with his wife Marina Scotti.[27]
Dedić dedicated several songs to his wife Gabi Novak, as well as to his daughter ("Sandra") and granddaughters ("Pjesma za Lu", "Mata Hari"). Daughter Sandra appears as a girl on the cover of the 1987 album Kino Sloboda.
Dedić defined himself not as "apolitical, but anti-political".[28][29] He rejected the possibility of political engagement or support for a politician, convinced that singers do not need declarative statements.[30] Affected by bans and censorship in various parts of his career, he often highlighted John Stuart Mill's liberal motto as his life motto, according to which an individual's freedom reaches all the way to someone else's freedom.[31][32][33] Declaring himself an artist of "leftist belief",[30] he opposed collectivism and nationalism.[34] During the 1997 Croatian presidential election campaign, his name appeared on a list of several hundred cultural workers and artists who openly supported Franjo Tuđman's candidacy in an open letter, without his approval or request, to which he requested and printed a denial.[4][35] After the democratic changes of the 1990s, he cited the solidarity of the system and social mobility as positive aspects of the former socialism.[36]
He was a member of the Zagreb Society of Friends of the Hajduk Split football club, which he regularly supported with his presence and pro bono performances at Bila noć (White Night).[37] Back in 1967, he included his compositions "Čovjek od soli" (Man of Salt), and a duet with Vice Vukov "I da bi ja ruku u vatru stavit" (And to Put My Hand In the Fire) on the EP Naprid bili, the proceeds from the sale of which were collected for the construction of the new Hajduk stadium.[38]
^ abInfo, Kurir (24 May 2005). "MOJ BRAT ARSENIJE Intimna ispovest beogradskog slikara Milutina Dedića, rođenog brata poznatog zagrebačkog šansonjera srpskog porekla". Kurir Info (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
^ abcPolimac, Nenad (19 August 2015). "NENAD POLIMAC PIŠE O JEDINOJ TAJNI ARSENA DEDIĆA Jednom je rekao: 'Ja se smrti ne bojim'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
^Arsen ponovno na operacijskom stolu – Gabi bdije uz postelju: 'Dobro je prošlo, ali sada opet mora učiti hodati' 14 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Lada Novak, Jutarnji list. Retrieved 13 July 2015
^"Zabrinuta Gabi odbila je da Arsena ponovno operiraju", 24sata, 16 August 2015
^„Arsen Dedić u kritičnom stanju: kantautoru su otkazala pluća", Slobodna Dalmacija, 14 August 2015
^"Arsenu Dediću pozlilo, sumnja se na sepsu" 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Goranka Jureško, Jutarnji list, objavljeno: 30 July 2015
^„Drastično se pogoršalo stanje Arsena Dedića: legenda hrvatske glazbe u kritičnom stanju!", HINA, vijesti.hr, 13 August 2015
^"Odlazak glazbenog velikana: Arsen Dedić umro u 78. godini života". 24sata.hr (in Croatian). 17 August 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^"Arsen Dedic, Musical Legend, Dies in Zagreb". 18 August 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^"Predsjednik Vlade Zoran Milanović uputio brzojav sućuti obitelji Arsena Dedića", Croatian Government, Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^"Videoalbum: sjećamo se Arsena Dedića" 4 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine, HRT.hr, 18 August 2015.
^"Komemoracija u Šibeniku: Prijatelji i kolege oprostili se od Arsena Dedića", Gloria, 21 August 2015
^"FOTO Zagrebačka komemoracija za Arsena: Mnogi poznati jedva su susprezali suze" (in Croatian). Šibenik IN. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^Volarić, Toni: "Sprovod u Zagrebu: Arsenu su zbogom rekli obitelj i prijatelji", 24sata.hr, 25 August 2015
^"Alen Slavica: Za neprežaljenog punca Arsena snimam pjesmu 'Nevere'". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 16 October 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^Rožman, Klara (17 October 2015). "ALEN SLAVICA, GLAZBENIK I ZET ARSENA DEDIĆA 'Sandra i ja prodali smo kuću u Šibeniku, selimo u SAD'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^Vikić, Igor (9 August 2011). "Sandra, kći Arsena Dedića je rodila djevojčicu u 49. godini". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^"Alen Slavica: Radujemo se dolasku bebe" (in Croatian). Story.hr. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^"SANDRA I ALEN SLAVICA: RODITELJI NAKON 12 GODINA BORBE". Gloria (in Croatian). 28 October 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^"Odlazak Arsena Dedića: Zajedno do poslednjeg trenutka". gloria.rs (in Serbian). Gloria. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^Dragaš, Aleksandar (2 October 2016). "ISPOVIJEST MATIJE DEDIĆA Progovorio kako je prošla godina od smrti oca Arsena i kako je u samo jedan dan snimio album života 'Matija svira Arsena'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Globus. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^Carević, Ivana (1 November 2020). "Matija Dedić: Otac je strpljivo čekao moju zrelost kako bismo nastupali zajedno". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^"Matija Dedić o roditeljima, glazbi i omraženom pitanju iz djetinjstva" (in Croatian). Story.hr. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^ (in Serbian). Svet.rs. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^Stričević, Marko: "Arsen Dedić: Ja sam antidiletant!", Russia beyond the headlines, 23 May 2013.
^Š. Ibrić. "Arsen Dedić: Bilo mi je i lijepo i očajno, ali nikada nisam bio kukavica", Nezavisne novine, 13 November 2007
^ abTanja ŠIMUNDIĆ BENDIĆ: "Pjevači o političkom angažmanu", Slobodna Dalmacija, 11 February 2008.
^Ivor Fuka i Ivan Kegelj: Razgovor s Arsenom Dedićem: Pomalo privodim svoju priču kraju!, lupiga.com, 19 January 2015.
^Jurica Körbler: "Arsen Dedić: Znam ćirilicu, a govorim i ruski", Večernje novosti, 1 February 2015.
^, Pressing by Dubravko Merlić, N1, 26 February 2015.
^Televizijski intervju 17 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine from January 2015, N1
Lopušina, Marko (16 October 2008). "Arsen Dedić: Beograd me stvorio". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 June 2012.
Fuka, Ivor; Kegelj, Ivan (19 January 2015). "RAZGOVOR S ARSENOM DEDIĆEM: Pomalo privodim svoju priču kraju!". Lupiga (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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Arsenije Arsen Dedic Serbian Cyrillic Arseniјe Arsen Dediћ pronounced ǎrsɛːnijɛ ǎrsen deːditɕ 28 July 1938 17 August 2015 was a Croatian singer songwriter He wrote and performed chansons as well as film music He was also an award winning poet and was one of the best selling poets of former Yugoslavia and Croatia Arsen DedicArsen Dedic in June 2006BornArsenije Dedic 1 1938 07 28 28 July 1938Sibenik Yugoslavia now Croatia Died17 August 2015 2015 08 17 aged 77 Zagreb CroatiaOccupationsComposerpoetflutistsongwriterarrangerorchestra conductormusic producerYears active1958 2015SpousesVesna Suligoj m 1961 div 1965 wbr Gabi Novak m 1973 wbr Children2RelativesAlen Slavica son in law AwardsOrder of Danica HrvatskaMusical careerGenresChansonpopInstrument s VocalspianoguitarfluteLabelsJugotonZKP RTLJPGP RTBDiskotonHRT OrfejCantus RecordsCroatia RecordsDallas RecordsWebsitearsen wbr hr Contents 1 Biography 2 Illness and death 3 Personal life 4 Discography 4 1 Albums released on vinyl 4 2 Albums released on CD 5 Poetry 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksBiography Edit Dedic left with Veljko Despot and Sinisa Skarica in Makarska 1999 Dedic was born in Sibenik in the Littoral Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia today Sibenik Knin County in region of Dalmatia within Republic of Croatia as the second child of Veronika nee Miskovic and Jovan Dedic 2 3 1 4 His father Jovan was an Orthodox Christian ethnic Serb 1 2 while his mother Veronika nicknamed Jelka 4 was a Croat 2 who converted from Catholicism to Serb Orthodoxy after marrying Jovan 3 His father was a bricklayer volunteer firefighter and musician while his mother was an illiterate housewife whom Dedic later taught to write and read Dedic was baptized in the Serbian Orthodox Church under the name Arsenije after the Serbian Archbishop Arsenije III Carnojevic 1 He finished music school He and his older brother Milutin left Sibenik for Zagreb and Belgrade respectively in 1957 1 He studied law at the University of Zagreb but dropped out in 1959 enrolling in the Music Academy of Zagreb and receiving a diploma in 1964 Dedic became a household name in the 1960s thanks to pop music festivals and his brand of music which was at first influenced by Dalmatian folklore but is mostly comparable to the French chanson genre Throughout the decades Dedic became one of the most respected musicians in former Yugoslavia and maintained that reputation all the way to the his death Illness and death EditAt the beginning of 2014 Dedic fell and had difficulties walking so he had to use a cane 5 Because of unbearable pain in July 2015 he underwent surgery for hip endoprosthesis in the orthopedic hospital in Krapinske Toplice followed by a two week rehabilitation On 28 July he spent his 77th birthday with family and friends in Zagreb At the end of July he suffered severe inflammation most likely as a complication after the surgery because of which he had the liver transplant in 2004 and had been under immunosuppressive therapy since then and was taken to intensive care At first his condition improved and the medical records were better On 8 August it was reported that his inflammation had calmed down and responded well to drugs He was expected to be released home but his wife Gabi Novak found him in a serious condition lying on the floor next to the walkerand speaking indistinctly He was admitted on the emergency neurology of the Zagreb Clinical Hospital Center but his condition on 13 August drastically worsened On 14 August his lungs failed and he was attached to the respirator and soon the other organs failed successively Novak refused a high risk surgery 6 7 8 9 10 Dedic died at the Zagreb Clinical Hospital Center on 17 August 2015 at 9 00 pm aged 77 11 12 13 14 The commemoration was held at the Croatian National Theatre in Sibenik 15 and in the Croatian Music Institute in Zagreb 16 He was cremated and buried according to his own wishes in the circle of his closest family far from the public eyes on 25 August at the Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb 17 Personal life Edit Gabi Novak Matija DedicArsen Dedic and his wife Gabi Novak got married on 30 March 1973 They had together a son Matija today renowned jazz pianist Dedic had a daughter Sandra born in 1962 from his first marriage with Vesna Suligoj a grandniece of Antun Gustav Matos one of the greatest Croatian poets Sandra is married to Alen Slavica 18 19 a popular singer songwriter and they have daughter Ema born in August 2011 20 21 22 In 1973 Dedic married his second wife Gabi Novak a prominent Croatian pop singer 23 Their son Matija 24 25 26 who was born the same year is one of the most respected jazz pianists in Croatia He has a daughter Lu with his wife Marina Scotti 27 Dedic dedicated several songs to his wife Gabi Novak as well as to his daughter Sandra and granddaughters Pjesma za Lu Mata Hari Daughter Sandra appears as a girl on the cover of the 1987 album Kino Sloboda Dedic defined himself not as apolitical but anti political 28 29 He rejected the possibility of political engagement or support for a politician convinced that singers do not need declarative statements 30 Affected by bans and censorship in various parts of his career he often highlighted John Stuart Mill s liberal motto as his life motto according to which an individual s freedom reaches all the way to someone else s freedom 31 32 33 Declaring himself an artist of leftist belief 30 he opposed collectivism and nationalism 34 During the 1997 Croatian presidential election campaign his name appeared on a list of several hundred cultural workers and artists who openly supported Franjo Tuđman s candidacy in an open letter without his approval or request to which he requested and printed a denial 4 35 After the democratic changes of the 1990s he cited the solidarity of the system and social mobility as positive aspects of the former socialism 36 He was a member of the Zagreb Society of Friends of the Hajduk Split football club which he regularly supported with his presence and pro bono performances at Bila noc White Night 37 Back in 1967 he included his compositions Covjek od soli Man of Salt and a duet with Vice Vukov I da bi ja ruku u vatru stavit And to Put My Hand In the Fire on the EP Naprid bili the proceeds from the sale of which were collected for the construction of the new Hajduk stadium 38 Discography EditAlbums released on vinyl Edit Covjek kao ja 1969 Arsen 2 1971 Homo Volans double album 1973 Vracam se 1975 Porodicno stablo 1976 Arsenal 1976 Otisak autora 1976 Pjesme sa slagom 1976 Dedic Golob 1977 Kuca pored mora instrumentals 1978 Rimska ploca 1980 Pjevam pjesnike 1980 Narucene pjesme 1980 Gabi i Arsen 1980 Carevo novo ruho 1981 Arsen pjeva djeci 1982 Provincija 1984 Kantautor double album 1985 Moje popevke 1986 Kino Sloboda 1987 Arsen amp Bora Corba Unplugged 87 1987 Hrabri ljudi Gabi i Arsen 1988 Glazba za film i TV 1989 Svjedoci price 1989 Albums released on CD Edit Najbolje od Arsena 1991 Tihi obrt 1993 Der Gesang der Narren von Europa 1995 with Dzevad Karahasan and Herbert Gantschacher Ko ovo more platit 1995 Ministarstvo 1997 Ministarstvo straha 2000 2005 Herbar 1999 Covjek kao ja 1969 1999 Kino Sloboda 1987 2000 Kinoteka 2002 Homo volans 1973 2003 Imena zena 2003 Na zlu putu 2004 Ministarstvo straha 2006 Rebus 2008 Poetry EditBrod u Boci Croatia Concert Zagreb 1971 Hotel Balkan Znanje Zagreb 1987 101 Pjesma Svjetlost Sarajevo 1989 References Edit a b c d e Lopusina 2008 a b c Fuka amp Kegelj 2015 a b Info Kurir 24 May 2005 MOJ BRAT ARSENIJE Intimna ispovest beogradskog slikara Milutina Dedica rođenog brata poznatog zagrebackog sansonjera srpskog porekla Kurir Info in Serbian Retrieved 21 August 2015 a b c Polimac Nenad 19 August 2015 NENAD POLIMAC PISE O JEDINOJ TAJNI ARSENA DEDICA Jednom je rekao Ja se smrti ne bojim Jutarnji list in Croatian Retrieved 21 August 2015 Arsen ponovno na operacijskom stolu Gabi bdije uz postelju Dobro je proslo ali sada opet mora uciti hodati Archived 14 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Lada Novak Jutarnji list Retrieved 13 July 2015 Zabrinuta Gabi odbila je da Arsena ponovno operiraju 24sata 16 August 2015 Arsen Dedic u kriticnom stanju kantautoru su otkazala pluca Slobodna Dalmacija 14 August 2015 Arsenu Dedicu pozlilo sumnja se na sepsu Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Goranka Juresko Jutarnji list objavljeno 30 July 2015 Arsen Dedic ponovno u bolnici HRT hr Author D P 30 July 2015 Drasticno se pogorsalo stanje Arsena Dedica legenda hrvatske glazbe u kriticnom stanju HINA vijesti hr 13 August 2015 Odlazak glazbenog velikana Arsen Dedic umro u 78 godini zivota 24sata hr in Croatian 17 August 2015 Retrieved 1 July 2019 Arsen Dedic Musical Legend Dies in Zagreb 18 August 2015 Retrieved 1 July 2019 Predsjednik Vlade Zoran Milanovic uputio brzojav sucuti obitelji Arsena Dedica Croatian Government Retrieved 18 August 2015 Videoalbum sjecamo se Arsena Dedica Archived 4 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine HRT hr 18 August 2015 Komemoracija u Sibeniku Prijatelji i kolege oprostili se od Arsena Dedica Gloria 21 August 2015 FOTO Zagrebacka komemoracija za Arsena Mnogi poznati jedva su susprezali suze in Croatian Sibenik IN 24 August 2015 Retrieved 25 November 2020 Volaric Toni Sprovod u Zagrebu Arsenu su zbogom rekli obitelj i prijatelji 24sata hr 25 August 2015 Alen Slavica Za neprezaljenog punca Arsena snimam pjesmu Nevere Slobodna Dalmacija in Croatian 16 October 2015 Retrieved 25 November 2020 Rozman Klara 17 October 2015 ALEN SLAVICA GLAZBENIK I ZET ARSENA DEDICA Sandra i ja prodali smo kucu u Sibeniku selimo u SAD Jutarnji list in Croatian Retrieved 25 November 2020 Vikic Igor 9 August 2011 Sandra kci Arsena Dedica je rodila djevojcicu u 49 godini 24sata in Croatian Retrieved 28 November 2020 Alen Slavica Radujemo se dolasku bebe in Croatian Story hr 13 July 2011 Retrieved 25 November 2020 SANDRA I ALEN SLAVICA RODITELJI NAKON 12 GODINA BORBE Gloria in Croatian 28 October 2011 Retrieved 25 November 2020 Odlazak Arsena Dedica Zajedno do poslednjeg trenutka gloria rs in Serbian Gloria 2 September 2015 Retrieved 25 November 2020 Dragas Aleksandar 2 October 2016 ISPOVIJEST MATIJE DEDICA Progovorio kako je prosla godina od smrti oca Arsena i kako je u samo jedan dan snimio album zivota Matija svira Arsena Jutarnji list in Croatian Globus Retrieved 25 November 2020 Carevic Ivana 1 November 2020 Matija Dedic Otac je strpljivo cekao moju zrelost kako bismo nastupali zajedno Vecernji list in Croatian Retrieved 28 November 2020 Matija Dedic o roditeljima glazbi i omrazenom pitanju iz djetinjstva in Croatian Story hr 2 November 2020 Retrieved 28 November 2020 Arsen Dedic i Gabi Novak Na putu je jos jedno unuce in Serbian Svet rs Archived from the original on 2 June 2010 Retrieved 25 November 2020 Stricevic Marko Arsen Dedic Ja sam antidiletant Russia beyond the headlines 23 May 2013 S Ibric Arsen Dedic Bilo mi je i lijepo i ocajno ali nikada nisam bio kukavica Nezavisne novine 13 November 2007 a b Tanja SIMUNDIC BENDIC Pjevaci o politickom angazmanu Slobodna Dalmacija 11 February 2008 Ivor Fuka i Ivan Kegelj Razgovor s Arsenom Dedicem Pomalo privodim svoju pricu kraju lupiga com 19 January 2015 Jurica Korbler Arsen Dedic Znam cirilicu a govorim i ruski Vecernje novosti 1 February 2015 Arsen Dedic za N1 o Titu Tuđmanu Balasevicu zenama Pressing by Dubravko Merlic N1 26 February 2015 Televizijski intervju Archived 17 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine from January 2015 N1 Na zene se uglavnom ne mogu pozaliti October 2001 Aleksandar Nikolic Arsen Dedic U Jugi si imao izbor Blic 2 March 2014 Emotivnim pismom zagrebacki Hajdukovci pozivaju na svecanost u Arsenovu cast Sibenik in 3 May 2016 Naprid Bili discogs comFurther reading EditLopusina Marko 16 October 2008 Arsen Dedic Beograd me stvorio Vecernje novosti in Serbian Retrieved 28 June 2012 Fuka Ivor Kegelj Ivan 19 January 2015 RAZGOVOR S ARSENOM DEDICEM Pomalo privodim svoju pricu kraju Lupiga in Croatian Retrieved 21 August 2015 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arsen Dedic Official website in Croatian Arsen Dedic at IMDb Arsen Dedic discography at Discogs Compositions by Arsen Dedic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arsen Dedic amp oldid 1129164266, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
