Ján Valašťan Dolinský

Ján Valašťan Dolinský (1892-02-15, Békéscsaba (Békéšská Čaba) - 1965-03-02, Nitra) was a Slovak composer, teacher, journalist, esperantist and collector of folk songs.

He graduated from a teacher's institute and then worked as a teacher. From 1928 he was a teacher in Martin, where he simultaneously worked in the Music department of Matica slovenská.

Work:
*folk song collections: "Čabianske ľudové piesne pre mužský zbor" (1923), "Z našich hôr a dolín" (1941)
*music for poems of many well-known Slovak poets; it appeared under the name "Vám všetkým" (1922) and under other names
*song books: "Môj spevník", "Slávme slávne..."
*textbooks: "Všeobecná náuka o hudbe" (General Music Science),
*esperanto texts: "Mluvnica a slovník slovensko-esperantský" (1936; Slovak-Esperanto Grammar and Dictionary; the first Slovak Esperanto textbook), "Malý esperantsko slovenský slovník "(1948; Small Esperanto-Slovak Dictionary), "Učebnica jazyka esperanto" (1949; Textbook of Esperanto).