Slavko Osterc
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Slavko Osterc was a Slovenia
n composer.
Osterc was born in Veržej
. He studied under Emerik Beran
, who was a pupil of Leoš Janáček
, in his youth before attending the Prague Conservatory
from 1925 to 1927. While there he studied under Karel Boleslav Jirák
, Vítězslav Novák
, and Alois Hába
. Osterc was a professor at the Ljubljana Conservatory for much of his career, remaining there until his death. He was much the leading composer of Slovenia in the 1930s, as Marij Kogoj
had been in the 1920s.
Operas
Ballets
Orchestral
Other
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n composer.
Osterc was born in Veržej
Veržej
Veržej is a settlement and a small municipality in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the right bank of the river Mura. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Mura statistical region...
. He studied under Emerik Beran
Emerik Beran
Emerik Beran was a Slovenian composer and violinist.-Source:*Slovenian wikipedia...
, who was a pupil of Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janácek
Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and all Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style. Until 1895 he devoted himself mainly to folkloristic research and his early musical output was influenced by...
, in his youth before attending the Prague Conservatory
Prague Conservatory
Prague Conservatory, sometimes also Prague Conservatoire, in Czech Pražská konzervatoř, is a Czech secondary school in Prague dedicated to teaching the arts of music and theater acting.- Instruction :...
from 1925 to 1927. While there he studied under Karel Boleslav Jirák
Karel Boleslav Jirák
Karel Boleslav Jirák was a Czechoslovak composer and conductor....
, Vítězslav Novák
Vítezslav Novák
Vítězslav Novák was one of the most well-respected Czech composers and pedagogues, almost singlehandedly founding a mid-century Czech school of composition...
, and Alois Hába
Alois Hába
Alois Hába was a Czech composer, musical theorist and teacher. He is primarily known for his microtonal compositions, especially using the quarter tone scale, though he used others such as sixth-tones and twelfth-tones....
. Osterc was a professor at the Ljubljana Conservatory for much of his career, remaining there until his death. He was much the leading composer of Slovenia in the 1930s, as Marij Kogoj
Marij Kogoj
thumb|right|Marij KogojMarij Kogoj was a Slovenian composer. He was a pupil of Schoenberg and Franz Schreker, and immensely popular during the 1920s, culminating with his opera Black masks....
had been in the 1920s.
Works
Note: This list is incomplete.Operas
- Krst pri Savici (Baptism at the Savica, after France PrešerenFrance PrešerenFrance Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter....
), 1921 - Osveta (after Theodor KörnerTheodor Körner (author)Karl Theodor Körner was a German poet and soldier. After some time in Vienna, where he wrote some light comedies and other works, he became a soldier and joined the German uprising against Napoleon...
), 1923 - Iz komične opere (From the Comic Opera, after Henri MurgerHenri MurgerLouis-Henri Murger, also known as Henri Murger and Henry Murger was a French novelist and poet....
), 1928 - Krog s kredo (The Chalk Circle, after KlabundKlabundAlfred Henschke , better known by his pseudonym Klabund, was a German writer.-Life:Klabund, born Alfred Henschke in 1890 in Krossen, was the son of an apothecary. At the age of 16 he came down with tuberculosis, which the doctors initially misdiagnosed as pneumonia...
), 1928/29 - Saloma (Salome), 1929/30
- Dandin v vicah (Dandin in Purgatory, after MolièreMolièreJean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
and Hans SachsHans SachsHans Sachs was a German meistersinger , poet, playwright and shoemaker.-Biography:Hans Sachs was born in Nuremberg . His father was a tailor. He attended Latin school in Nuremberg...
), 1930 - Medea (after EuripidesEuripidesEuripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...
), 1930
Ballets
- Iz Satanovega Dnevnika (From Satan's Diary), 1924
- Maska rdeče smrti (The Masque of the Red Death), 1930
- Illusions, 1938-40
Orchestral
- Bagatelles, 1922
- Symphony, 1922
- Suite, 1929
- Concerto for Orchestra, 1932
- Ouverture classique, 1932
- Concerto, 1933
- Passacaglia and Chorale, 1934
- Danses, 1935
- Mouvements symphoniques, 1936
- 4 pieces symphoniques, 1938-39
- Mati (symphonic poemSymphonic poemA symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another source is illustrated or evoked. The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein...
, 1940)
Other
- Various works for voice; piano works; chamber musicChamber musicChamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
.