Todor Skalovski ( mk, Тодор Скаловски, 21 January 1909 – 1 July 2004) was a
Macedonian composer,
chorus and
orchestra
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There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
conductor who wrote the music to
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
's
national anthem
A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and Europea ...
"
Denes nad Makedonija
"" ( mk, Денес над Македонија, ; ) is the national anthem of North Macedonia; both the music and lyrics date from the early 1940s. Todor Skalovski composed the music, while the lyrics were written by Vlado Maleski. It was adopte ...
" (). The music greatly resembles an old
Macedonian folk song, "
Надежда болна е легнала" (English: "Nadezhda has lain down sick"). Skalovski transcribed the folk song and claimed it as his own.
Further reading
Conference notes on Skalovski
External links
Composers association of Macedonia – SOCOM
1909 births
2004 deaths
Macedonian choral conductors
Macedonian composers
Male composers
Macedonian conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
20th-century composers
People from Tetovo
National anthem writers
Yugoslav musicians
20th-century conductors (music)
20th-century male musicians
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