Emil Adamič (December 25, 1877 – December 6, 1936) was among the most productive Slovenian
composer
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s. He wrote
choral
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and
orchestral music
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* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, ce ...
, altogether over 1,000 works.
Adamič was born in
Dobrova to August Adamič (1843–1915) and Katharina Brus Adamič (1854–1915). He studied at conservatories in
Trieste
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and
Ljubljana
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During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...
.
During the First World War, he was a prisoner of war in
Tashkent
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.
"Adamič, Emil." ''Primorski slovenski biografski leksikon.''
His works include the orchestral pieces ''Tatarska suita'' (Tatar Suite, 1918) and ''Ljubljanski akvareli'' (Ljubljana Watercolours, 1925) and the choral compositions ''Vragova nevesta'' (The Devil's Bride, 1925) and ''Smrt carja Samuela'' (The Death of Tsar Samuel, 1934). He also wrote songs that used elements of Slovenian folk music, such as ''Zimska kmečka pesem'' (A Farmer's Winter Song, 1903). His influences included Romanticism
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, Impressionism
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, and Expressionism
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. He died in Ljubljana.
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1877 births
1936 deaths
20th-century composers
Slovenian composers
Male composers
Slovenian music educators
People from the Municipality of Dobrova-Polhov Gradec
Slovenian male musicians