Stanko Prek (1915, Solkan near Nova Gorica – 1999, Ljubljana) was a

classical guitar The classical guitar (also known as the nylon-string guitar or Spanish guitar) is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor o ...

ist and composer from Slovenia. He studied first in Ljubljana and then the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, where he received his degree in classical guitar in 1941. In 1944 he finished composition studies with Lucijan Marija Škerjanc. Stanko Prek was the first guitar professor at the Muzička akademija - Zagreb, Croatia
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, but also taught in Maribor and Ljubljana. He made numerous publications, including compositions, arrangements and music theory books.

Principal works

*Symphony in C sharp minor (1951) *Nocturne for symphony orchestra (1944) *Youth Suite for strings (1959) *String Quartet in G major (1966) *Nocturne for guitar (1950) *Three Hundred Folk Tunes, an anthology of folk songs (1964) *Pozdrav iz daljine (Greeting from Afar) for male choir (1954) *Pomladna pesem (Spring Song) for youth choir (1957) *Serenade for voice and guitar (or piano) (1946)

Classical guitar method

Klasična Kitara - Šola 1
(Državna založba Slovenije)
Klasična Kitara - Šola 2
(Državna založba Slovenije) *further publications are published b
Državna založba Slovenije

Principal works

Classical guitar method

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