Rexhep "Rexho" Mulliqi (18 March 1923 – 25 February 1982) was an Albania

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n composer of the Former Yugoslavia.

He was born in Gusinje

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, present-day Montenegro

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, and attended an Islamic seminary in Skopje

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, present-day Macedonia

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, until 1941. He then moved to Prishtina for the next three years and enrolled in the Belgrade

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 Music in 1946, but he was unable to finish his studies as he was soon arrested and convicted for political reasons. In 1953, he was released from prison and returned to Kosovo

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; he worked as a music teacher and later as a producer for Radio Prishtina.

He authored a variety of musical works, ranging from symphonies to choral songs. His opus became well-known and was performed throughout the former Yugoslavia. He received numerous awards and state decorations.