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Lojze Lebič (born 23 August 1934) is a Slovenian composer and conductor of choral and instrumental music.
Lojze Lebič (born 23 August 1934) is a Slovenian composer and conductor of choral and instrumental music.
Life
Lebič was born August 23, 1934 inPrevalje
Prevalje (; German: ''Prävali'') is a settlement in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Prevalje. It lies in the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia. Prevalje lies in a valley where the Meža River emerges from a na ...
, in the Carinthia
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region of Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia
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). He attended the University of Ljubljana
The University of Ljubljana ( sl, Univerza v Ljubljani, , la, Universitas Labacensis), often referred to as UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 39,000 enrolled students.
History Beginnings
Although certain ...
for a bachelor's degree in archaeology and the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, where he studied with composition with Marijan Kozina and conducting with Danilo Švara.
Music
Lebič's early style was fairly traditional, but his work from after 1965 demonstrates the influence of the European avant-garde. The opening of Slovenia to foreign travel in the 1950s and 60s allowed for greater musical and cultural exchange with the rest of Yugoslavia and Europe, encouraging the development of a Slovenian avant garde. Lebič's 1965 works ''Meditacije za dva'' for viola and cello and the cantata Požgana trava are examples of his use of new melodic and vocal techniques.Works
* ''Per Archi'' (Za Golala) for string orchestra (2009) * ''Invocation/ àPrimož Ramovš
Primož Ramovš (March 20, 1921 – January 10, 1999) was a Slovenian composer and librarian.
Life
Ramovš was born in Ljubljana, then the administrative centre of the Slovenian part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He studied at ...
'' (clarinet and piano), commissioned by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
* ''Meditacije za dva'' (Meditations for Two) for viola and cello (1965, revised 1972)
* ''Rubato per viola'' for viola solo (1989)
* ''Hvalnica svetu'' (In Praise of the World) for double choir, piano four-hands and percussion (1988)
Awards
In 1967, he was awarded the Prešeren Award for conducting.Further reading
*Barbo, Matjaz. “Music as a Language of Globalisation? The Metalinguistic Context of Lebic’s Music.” ''Muzikološki zbornik'' 43, no. 1 (2007): 187–192. *Lojze Lebič (1993) From generation to generation the spirit seeks the way: Slovene musical Creativity in the past and today, ''Nationalities Papers'', 21:1, 145-155, DOI: 10.1080/00905999308408264 *Pompe, Gregor. “Sacred Rituality and Mysticism in the Service of the Awakening of National Identity. Baltic-Balkan Parallels in the Works of B. Kutavicius, L. Lebic and V. Tormis.” Muzikološki zbornik 50, no. 2 (2014): 111–125.References
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