Fahri Beqiri (born 1936) was an

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

composer and professor at the University of Prishtina Department of Music.

Education

Beqiri was born in

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and graduated composition from the

University of Arts in Belgrade The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Универзитет уметности у Београду, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1957 as the Academy of Arts to unite four academies. ...

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, where he studied in the class of eminent Serbian composer Enriko Josif.

Compositions

Beqiri was considered to be one of the most important Yugoslav composers of Albanian ethnicity. He wrote compositions for

symphony orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, ce ...

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

, piano,

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

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quintet A quintet is a group containing five members. It is commonly associated with musical groups, such as a string quintet, or a group of five singers, but can be applied to any situation where five similar or related objects are considered a single ...

, film theatre and ballet music, popular music, songs in

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tradition,

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, many pieces for children, etc. His compositions were performed by eminent Serbian and Yugoslav musicians, including

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and

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Teaching activities

Beqiri taught

Counterpoint In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more musical lines (or voices) which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradi ...

at the University of Pristina Faculty of Arts for thirty years.

References

Fahri Beqiri's works
Retrieved on 11 August 2009
Discography of Fahri Beqiri
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