Fran Gerbič Fran Gerbič (5 October 1840,

Cerknica Cerknica (; , german: Zirknitz''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120.) is a town in the Karst region of southwestern Slovenia, with a p ...

– 29 March 1917,

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) was a

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composer and operatic tenor. Gerbič was born in Cerknica and entered a normal school in 1856, where his instructors included Kamilo Mašek. He was assigned to a teaching position in Trnovo (now part of

Ilirska Bistrica Ilirska Bistrica (; german: Illyrisch Feistritz; it, Villa del Nevoso, before 1927: ''Bisterza,'' Hungarian: ''Illírbeszterce'') is a town in the Inner Carniola region of southwestern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality ...

), where he also served as organist and composed his first works. During the 1940s Gerbič was one of the best-known composers of

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abroad.''Journal of Central European Affairs'': 1947 "The most famous composers are Fran Gerbic (1840-1917), opera singer and composer of piano and orchestral music;"

Works

Operas * ''Kres'' (Midsummer) 1896 * ''Nabor'' 1913 Songs * ''Kam?'' (Where?) * ''Pojdem na prejo'' (I'll Watch the Girls Spinning) * ''V noči'' (In the Night)

References

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