Cantor-teacher Ruzsics (

Prekmurje Slovene Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, Eastern Slovene, or Wendish (, , Prekmurje Slovene: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmörski jezik, panonska slovenščina''), is the language of Prekmurje in Easte ...

: ''Kantor-školnik Ružič,''

standard Slovene Slovene ( or ) or Slovenian ( ; ) is a South Slavic language of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. Most of its 2.5 million speakers are the inhabitants of Slovenia, the majority of them ethnic Slovenes. As Slove ...

: ''Kantor-učitelj Ružič'') was a Hungarian Slovene elementary school

teacher A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching. ''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. w ...

cantor A cantor or chanter is a person who leads people in singing or sometimes in prayer. Cantor as a profession generally refers to those leading a Jewish congregation, although it also applies to the lead singer or choir director in Christian contexts. ...

, and poet in the 18th century. He lived and worked in village of

Felsőszölnök Felsőszölnök ( . ) is a village in Vas County, Hungary. It is the westernmost point of Hungary, and lies on the borders with Slovenia and Austria. It is closer to the capitals of four countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, and Slovakia) than it ...

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. His first name and ethnicity are unknown. The surnames ''Ruzsics'' and ''Rüsics'' occur in Felsőszölnök today, but this does not prove that his ancestors were Slovenians; he was most probably of Croatian descent. He wrote a Slovenian

hymnal A hymnal or hymnary is a collection of hymns, usually in the form of a book, called a hymnbook (or hymn book). They are used in congregational singing. A hymnal may contain only hymn texts (normal for most hymnals for most centuries of Christia ...

in 1789; the book consists of liturgical songs in the Prekmurje dialect. It was later copied and distributed by

Mihály Bertalanits Mihály Bertalanits ( Prekmurje Slovene: ''Miháo Bertalanitš'') (November 8, 1788 – January 8, 1853) was a Slovene cantor, teacher, and poet in Hungary. Beralanits was the son of the peasants György Bertalanics and Katarina (unknown surname ...

and Ferenc Marics.

References

Fülöp László: A felsőszölnöki plébánia névrendszere 1750-1800
* ''Változó Világ:'' A Magyarországi szlovének, ''Írta:'' Mukics Mária, ''PRESS PUBLICA'' 2003. * ''Francek Mukič – Marija Kozar:'' Slovensko Porabje, Mohorjeva Družba,

Celje Celje (, , ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, third-largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria (Slovenia), Styria and the administrative seat of the City Municipality of Celje. Th ...

1982. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruzsics, cantor-teacher Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Hungarian educators Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown

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