[6] Being nationally determined, Petar Konjović’s musical language is founded on and belongs to the period of late romanticism.

Likewise, his musical directions towards folklore expressionism also included him in the group of musicians close to Leosh Janachek, Bella Bartok, Igor Stravinsky which belong to the early “Russian” period.

[7] In his operas, he focused on setting texts that were related to historical events and individuals, and his vocal writings was strongly influenced by the natural inflection of his native language.

[8] His Czech experience encouraged his natural inclination toward folk sources and he began developing melodies, like Janáček, out of the inflection of speech.

Konjovic's mature style strives for direct communication with broad audience while incorporating a sophistical harmonic vocabulary.