On 16 December 1914, Ivan pl. Zajc, composer and conductor, the founder of Croatian opera, a favorite of both fortune and the audience, left us. Lisinski, on the other hand, was born for great things, but fate took his health, then his work, love, fame... Which of them is the son of a butcher, who delights in the scent of roses and snuffing tobacco, who changed his name, and who changed musical history?