Stanko Prek
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Stanko Prek was a classical guitar
ist and composer from Slovenia
.
He studied first in Ljubljana and then the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
, where he received his degree in classical guitar in 1941. In 1944 he finished composition studies with Lucijan Marija Škerjanc
.
Stanko Prek was the first guitar professor at the Muzička akademija - Zagreb, Croatia (1), but also taught in Maribor and Ljubljana.
He made numerous publications, including compositions, arrangements and music theory books.
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
ist and composer from Slovenia
Slovenia
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He studied first in Ljubljana and then the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
The Hochschule für Musik und Theater München is one of the most respected traditional vocational universities in Germany specialising in music and the performing arts. The seat of the Hochschule is the former Führerbau of the NSDAP, located at Arcisstraße 12, on the eastern side of the Königsplatz...
, where he received his degree in classical guitar in 1941. In 1944 he finished composition studies with Lucijan Marija Škerjanc
Lucijan Marija Škerjanc
Lucijan Marija Škerjanc was a Slovene composer, pedagogue, conductor, musician, and writer who was accomplished on and wrote for a number of musical instruments such as the piano, violin and clarinet....
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Stanko Prek was the first guitar professor at the Muzička akademija - Zagreb, Croatia (1), but also taught in Maribor and Ljubljana.
He made numerous publications, including compositions, arrangements and music theory books.
Principal works
- Symphony in C sharp minor (1951)
- Nocturne for symphony orchestra (1944)
- Youth Suite for strings (1959)
- String Quartet in G major (1966)
- Nocturne for guitar (1950)
- Three Hundred Folk Tunes, an anthology of folk songs (1964)
- Pozdrav iz daljine (Greeting from Afar) for male choir (1954)
- Pomladna pesem (Spring Song) for youth choir (1957)
- Serenade for voice and guitar (or piano) (1946)
Classical guitar method
- Klasična Kitara - Šola 1 (Državna založba Slovenije)
- Klasična Kitara - Šola 2 (Državna založba Slovenije)
- further publications are published by Državna založba Slovenije
Quotes
External links
- Composers’ Traces from 1900 Onwards Stanko Prek (see p. 198, 199)
- History of the Guitar in Former Yugoslavia (by Prof. Uroš Dojčinović)