Serbia Banknotes 50 Serbian dinar banknote 2005
National Bank of Serbia - Народна банка Србије - Narodna banka Srbije
Obverse: Portrait of the composer Stevan Stevanovic Mokranjac, stylized depiction of a part of violin, keyboards and scores from the Mokranjac Legacy.
Reverse: Figure of Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac, a motif of Miroslav Gospel illumination, scores; Great Coat of Arms of the Republic of Serbia in the top left corner of the banknote, against lilac background.
Governor signature: Radovan Jelašić.
Dimensions: 66 x 139 mm.
Color: Violet, ocher hue.
In circulation from: November 15, 2005.
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Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Стојановић, 9 January 1856 – 28 September 1914), known as Stevan Mokranjac (Мокрањац) was a Serbian composer and music educator. Born in Negotin in 1856, Mokranjac studied music in Belgrade, Munich, Rome and Leipzig while in his twenties. Later, he became the conductor of the Belgrade Choir Society and founder of the Serbian School of Music and the first Serbian string quartet, in which he played the cello. He left Belgrade at the beginning of World War I and moved to Skopje, where he died on 28 September 1914.
Often called the "father of Serbian music" and the "most important figure of Serbian musical romanticism", Mokranjac is well-regarded and much revered in Serbia. Following his death, the Serbian Music School was renamed the Mokranjac Music School in his honour. He has been featured on the country's paper currency and that of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1964, the Mokranjac family home in Negotin was restored and turned into a museum and musical centre. Celebrations of Mokranjac's life, known as "Mokranjac days", have occurred annually in the town since 1965. In 1981, a large statue of Mokranjac was constructed in the yard of the Mokranjac family home to mark the 125th anniversary of his birth.