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Josip Ipavec (21 December 1873 – 8 February 1921, surname sometimes spelled ''Ipavic''Pokorn, Danilo. 1990. Josip Ipavec. ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'', vol. 4, p. 175. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga.) was a
Josip Ipavec (21 December 1873 – 8 February 1921, surname sometimes spelled ''Ipavic''Pokorn, Danilo. 1990. Josip Ipavec. ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'', vol. 4, p. 175. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga.) 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 the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
n composer. A native of Å entjur
Å entjur ( or ; ) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat, and largest settlement, of the Municipality of Å entjur. The town lies on the Voglajna River east southeast of Celje. The settlement, and the entire municipality, are included in th ...
, he lived in that town for much of his life. He was a physician in his professional life, at first in the Austria-Hungarian army and later for the most part in Å entjur. As a composer, he wrote mainly theatre music
Theatre music refers to a wide range of music composed or adapted for performance in theatres. Genres of theatre music include opera, ballet and several forms of musical theatre, from pantomime to operetta and modern stage musicals and revues. Ano ...
and lieder
In the Western classical music tradition, ( , ; , ; ) is a term for setting poetry to classical music. The term is used for any kind of song in contemporary German and Dutch, but among English and French speakers, is often used interchangea ...
. In 1901, he wrote the first and the most often performed Slovene ballet, the pantomime
Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment, generally combining gender-crossing actors and topical humour with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or ...
''A Little Man'' ("MožiÄek").
See also
*List of Slovenian composers
List of Slovenian composers, arranged in alphabetical order:
A
*France AÄko
*Bojan AdamiÄ
*Emil AdamiÄ
*Jakob Aljaž
*Alojz AjdiÄ
* Milan Apih
* Blaž ArniÄ
*Slavko Avsenik
* Slavko Avsenik mlajši
B
*Julije Bajamonti
* Emerik Beran
* ...
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* 1873 births 1921 deaths Slovenian composers Slovenian male composers 19th-century Slovenian physicians People from Å entjur Slovenian male musicians {{Slovenia-composer-stub