Ciril Cvetko (8 January 1920 – 18 January 1999) was a Slovene

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and

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, brother of the

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Dragotin Cvetko Dragotin Cvetko (19 September 1911 – 2 September 1993) was a Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to ...

. Cvetko was born in

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near

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in northeastern

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in 1920. He studied music at the

Ljubljana Academy of Music The Academy of Music of the University of Ljubljana () is the largest and only music conservatoire in Slovenia. The academy has its origin in the Music School of the Slovene Philharmonic Society (founded 1821, indirectly descended from the Ljublja ...

and graduated in 1948. He also completed graduate studies in

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and

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. He worked at

Triglav Film ''Triglav Film'' is a Slovenian film studio based in Ljubljana. Established in 1947, it is the second studio founded in post-World War II Yugoslavia. It is named after Triglav Triglav (; ; ), with an elevation of , is the highest mountain in ...

, the Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Company, and the

Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra (''Simfonični orkester Slovenske filharmonije'') is a Slovenian orchestra based in Ljubljana. Its primary concert venues are Marjan Kozina Hall in Philharmonic Hall, Ljubljana, at Congress Square () and Gall ...

. He died in Ljubljana in 1999. In 1963 he won the

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for his book ''Opera in njeni mojstri'' (The Opera and Its Masters).

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