Born in Osijek, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Croatia), Tajčević studied violin at the Croatian Music Institution under the tutelage of Blagoje Bersa.

[1][2] In Zagreb together with three other composers, Tajčević prepared a concert in the series “Naša pucka lirika” (Our Folklore), which started in 1923.

Tajčević composed six songs for this occasion and the performance of one of them was so successful that the audience asked for encores four times during that same evening.

[3] Teaching was Tajčević’s life career, intermingled with composing, conducting, and writing articles and music critiques.

They were published in magazines and newspapers such as Obzor, Rijec, Pokret, Vijenac, Jutarnji list, Zvuk, and Politika.

[2] Tajčević’s complete output totals fifty-four compositions, comprising works for solo voice, choir, chamber orchestra, strings, woodwinds, and piano.

The authentic style of Tajčević is expressed through small forms—mostly miniatures, solo songs, and similar short pieces.

Some of his piano pieces— Sedam balkanskih igara (Seven Balkan Dances), Medjimurske (Songs from Mur Island), Srpske igre (Serbian Dances), and Prva svita (The First Suite) — were published in Yugoslavia (Prosveta, Frajt, Hrvatski glazbeni zavod) as well as in Germany (Henle Musikverlag, Schott, Hans Gerig Musikverlag), the former Soviet Union (Musgiz), and the United States (Rongwen Music, Inc., Warner Brothers, Broude Brothers, Ltd.).