Marij Kogoj

Marij Kogoj

Marij (Julij) Kogoj (Trst, 20 September 1892 - Ljubljana, 25 February 1956) was a Slovenian composer. He was a pupil of Schoenberg and Franz Schreker, and immensely popular during the 1920s, culminating with his opera Black masks.^[1]

Works, editions, recordings

• Črne maske "Black masks" Opera 1928 - scheduled for performance January 2012^[2]

Recordings

• Complete Works for Violin & Piano, Črtomir Šiškovič (violin) and Emanuele Arciuli. Stradivarius 2000

References

1. ^ Opera, power and ideology: anthropological study of a national art p97 Vlado Kotnik - 2010 -"The interwar generation of Slovenian opera composers was characterized by an eclectic range of styles, from Romanticism to modernism. The 1920s were dominated by the Expressionist composer Marij Kogoj,60 a pupil of Schoenberg"
2. ^ SNG Maribor

Persondata
Name	Kogoj, Marij
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	20 September 1892
Place of birth	Trst
Date of death	25 February 1956
Place of death	Ljubljana, Slovenia