Isidor Bajić Music School () is a secondary school of music located in the city of Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. Specifically, it is located at Tsar Lazar Boulevard. The school was established on September 1, 1909. It is one of the 15 secondary schools in Novi Sad. The school was named after Isidor Bajić, a famous Serbian composer, pedagogue, and publisher, who was also the school's first principal and instructor of theory. History Birth of the school The school was founded by Isidor Bajić due to a growing need for more educated musicians in the Novi Sad community, as well the growing popularity for music of higher artistic level among the educated music audiences. Bajić himself was a teacher at both the Central Elementary School and the Big Serbian Orthodox Lyceum in Novi Sad (today known as Gymnasium “Jovan Jovanović Zmaj”), prepared sermons for the occasion of Saint Sava Day in the Lyceum, led three choirs and the singing society Neven, and collaborated on various musical aspects of Serbian National Theater productions. Realizing all of this, Isidor Bajić announced his intention to the public after an initial period of pondering, consulting, and planning: Isidor Bajić Music School was launched officially on September 1, 1909. Apart from the Music School in Subotica, the new school was at this time the only specialized music school in Serbia north of the Sava and Danube rivers. It quickly rose as a prominent and prestigious music school, attracting many professional musicians of that time to be part of the teaching staff. The beginning of the First World War and the early death of Isidor Bajić interrupted this progress and resulted in a temporary closing of the School on 15 September 1915. The repercussions of the war resulted in a burdensome and slow reestablishment of the school in the following years. Interwar period In 1919 a question was put forth regarding the founding of an institution which could restore the musical activities of Novi Sad in the spirit of Isidor Bajić’s ideas. In 1920, upon the initiation of Vladimir Karakašević, the Music Society was founded with the aim of gathering music lovers from Novi Sad, amateurs as well as professionals, in order to improve the nation’s arts. Despite the serious efforts of the Music Society of Novi Sad management, the Isidor Bajić Music School started working again only in 1927, when it became the first half-state