Ljubica Marić (Љубица Марић Serbian pronunciation: [ʎûbitsa mǎːritɕ], 18 March 1909 – 17 September 2003) was a composer from Yugoslavia.

[1] Born in Kragujevac, Serbia to father Pavle and mother Katarina née Đorđević, a descendant of Vojvoda Čolak-Anta Simeonović, one of the leaders of the First Serbian Uprising.

World War II disrupted her international career so she spent most of her life in Belgrade, where she focused on composing more works.

[3] “Ljubica Marić has used en entire arsenal of contemporary music in order to achieve a high goal.

Her music and the originality of her expression were praised by numerous other great artists of 20th century, such as Bartok, Lutoslawski, Haba, Nicolas Slonimsky, Hermann Schrechen and Marius Flothuis.