Ján Valašťan Dolinský (15 February 1892,

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(Békéšská Čaba) – 2 March 1965,

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) was a Slovak

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, teacher, journalist,

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and collector of folk songs. He graduated from a teacher's institute and then worked as a teacher. From 1928 he was a teacher in

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, where he simultaneously worked in the Music department of

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Works

Folk song collections

* ''Čabianske ľudové piesne pre mužský zbor'' (1923) * ''Z našich hôr a dolín'' (1941)

Music for poems

He wrote music for poems of many well-known Slovak poets and it appeared under the name ''Vám všetkým'' (1922) and under other names

Song books

* ''Môj spevník'' * ''Slávme slávne...''

Textbooks

* ''Všeobecná náuka o hudbe'' (General Music Science)

Esperanto texts

* ''Mluvnica a slovník slovensko-esperantský'' (1936; Slovak-Esperanto Grammar and Dictionary; the first Slovak Esperanto textbook) * ''Malý esperantsko slovenský slovník'' (1948; Small Esperanto-Slovak Dictionary) * ''Učebnica jazyka esperanto'' (1949; Textbook of Esperanto)

Works in Esperanto

His original songs include: * ''En aŭtuno'' * ''Rememoro'' * ''Profunda okulparo'' Translations: * ''Je la foiro en Detva'' by Timrava (Božena Slančíková) * ''Adam Ŝangala'' by Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé * translations of works by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Valastan-Dolinsky, Jan 1892 births 1965 deaths People from Békéscsaba Slovak composers Male composers Linguists from Slovakia Writers of Esperanto literature Slovak Esperantists 20th-century composers 20th-century linguists Slovak schoolteachers Slovak male musicians