Lorenc Antoni (23 September 1909 – 21 October 1991) was an Albanian

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, conductor, and ethnomusicologist.

Early years

Lorenc Antoni was born 23 September 1909 in Üsküp (now

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

), in the Kosovo Vilayet of the

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(present-day

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). Three years later, the region with which we would be associated for the rest of his life came to be first part of

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and later

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. He was raised as a Catholic in the Albanian Catholic community of

, and is the cousin of

Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, MC (; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa ( sq, Nënë Tereza), was an Indian-Albanian Catholic Church, Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity. Anjezë Gonxhe B ...

(

Mother Teresa Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, MC (; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa ( sq, Nënë Tereza), was an Indian-Albanian Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity. Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu () was bo ...

). Since a child, he was active in various musical ensembles of the Albanians. He studied music privately in

and

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. After completing his education at the

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in Skopje, he relocated to

Ferizaj Ferizaj, . or Uroševac, . Also formerly known as Ferizovići ( tr, Firzovik). is the sixth largest city in Kosovo by population and seat of Ferizaj Municipality and Ferizaj District. Ferizaj has been populated since the prehistoric era by t ...

Career

In 1941 Antoni began teaching music in

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, and

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. In 1948 Antoni established in

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one of the

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music schools of former

for beginners and intermediate music performers. He led and conducted the choir of the school. He also conducted the artists of the cultural "Agimi" society and the

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of the city of

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. In the study of folklore, Antoni wrote a seven-volume work on Albanian folk music from

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

, Macedonia,

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and

South Morava The South Morava (Macedonian and Serbian: Јужна Морава, ''Južna Morava'', ; sq, Lumi Morava) is a river in eastern Kosovo and in southern Serbia, which represents the shorter headwater of Great Morava. Today, it is 295 km long, ...

. He also composed around 200 musical compositions, mainly vocal pieces.

Recognition

There is a music school named after Antoni in Prizren. The School of music “Lorenc Antoni” has six classes, 52 students, and 21 teachers.

Death

Antoni died on 21 October 1991 in

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Works

Literary works

* "Songs popular Albanian Kosovo and Metohija", Prishtina 1953 * "Albanian folklore music", with seven volumes, 1956-1977 Pristina * "Saga and Legend", Prishtina 1973 * "Old wives' tales." I, Pristina 1979 * "Research folklore", Pristina, 198 * "Old wives' tales", II, Pristina 1982 * "Songs Kreshnik" I, II, III * "Lament, and elegji gjamë * "Songs nuptial," I, II, etc..

Scientific articles

* "Albanian folklore music," to "New Life", 1949, no. 1 * "Format the pace of Albanian folk songs", to "New Life", 1949 (no. 1), 1950 (no. 5 and 6) 1951 (no. 1) * "Foundations of tonal Albanian folk songs", the "Progress", 1952, no. 11-12 * "Songs from popular Opoja" to "Progress", 1959, no. 2-3 * "The Albanian kënduemit popular" to "Zvuk", 1960, no. 41-42 * "Two ways kënduemit the Albanians of Montenegro", in "Progress", 1961 * "Forms of music popular Albanian songs", to "Zvuk, 1963 * "Polifoni shape of the vocal folk music gegëve", "investigation Albanologjike, II/1972 * "Elements polyphonic music in the popular Opojës" Albanologjike investigation ", etc. II/1974.

References

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