Slavko Osterc

Slavko Osterc (born 17 June 1895 in Veržej, † May 23 1941 in Ljubljana) was a Yugoslav composer.

Osterc studied at the Conservatory of Prague Karel Boleslav Jirák, Vítězslav Novák and Alois Haba. Until 1939, he taught at the conservatory, and then at he Academy of Music Ljubljana. He composed six operas and five ballets, a symphony, two symphonic poems and five symphonic pieces, a trifle, a suite, an overture, a concert and a Passacaglia for Orchestra, a concerto for piano and wind instruments, chamber music, piano and organ pieces, choral works and songs. He has also written a harmony.

Operas

  • Krst pri Savici ( The Baptism at the Savica after Prešeren ), musical drama, 1921
  • Osveta ( The Revenge by Theodor Körner ), opera, 1923
  • Iz komične opere (From the comic opera by Henri Murger ), comic opera, 1928
  • Krog 's creed ( The Chalk Circle by Klabund ), opera, 1928/29,
  • Saloma ( Salome ), opera parody, 1929/30,
  • Dandin v vicah ( Dandin in purgatory by Molière and Hans Sachs), opera grotesque, 1930
  • Medea ( by Euripides ), opera, 1930
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