Matija Ahacel, also known in

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as ''Matthias Achazel'' (24 February 1779 – 23 September 1845), born Matija Kobentar, was a

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, and collector of folk songs. Ahacel was born in a peasant family in the village of Gorentschach ( sl, Gorenče) near the market town of

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( sl, Št. Jakob v Rožu) in the Duchy of Carinthia. He worked as professor of mathematics in the

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. He collaborated with

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and

Anton Martin Slomšek Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek (26 November 1800 – 24 September 1862) was a Slovene Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Lavant from 1846 until his death. He served also as an author and poet as well as a staunch advocate of the n ...

in preserving the folk traditions of Slovenes in Carinthia and in

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. In 1833 and 1838, he published a collection of folk songs under the title ''Pesme po Koroškim ino Štajarskem znane'' (Songs Known in Carinthia and in Styria"). The third volume was published in 1858 by Slomšek. Ahacel died in Klagenfurt.

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* ''Slovenski veliki leksikon'' (Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 2003) 1779 births 1845 deaths People from Villach-Land People from the Duchy of Carinthia Slovenian philologists 19th-century Slovenian Roman Catholic priests Carinthian Slovenes {{Slovenia-bio-stub