Lucijan Marija Škerjanc

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Lucijan Marija Škerjanc

Lucijan Marija Škerjanc (born December 17, 1900 in Graz in Austria-Hungary , † February 27, 1973 in Ljubljana in Yugoslavia ) was a Yugoslav composer , pianist and conductor .

Life

Škerjanc was the son of Slovenian parents who returned to their homeland in 1902. He studied in Ljubljana, from 1920 to 1921 at the Prague Conservatory and from 1922 to 1924 at the Vienna Music Academy, composition with Joseph Marx and piano with Anton Trost. He completed his studies in composition at the Schola Cantorum Paris with Vincent d'Indy from 1924 to 1927 and in conducting at the Basel Conservatory with Felix Weingartner in 1930.

Škerjanc taught music in Ljubljana as early as 1922. In 1926 he was appointed to the conservatory as a composition teacher. In 1940 he moved to the Ljubljana Music Academy , where he stayed until 1970. Between 1945 and 1947 he also worked there as dean, but gave up this position in favor of his composing activities. In addition, he was conductor of the Glasbena Matica Orchestergesellschaft from 1925 to 1945, director of the Slovenian Philharmonic between 1950 and 1955 and a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1949. In 1964 he was awarded the Herder Prize in Basel, which was worth 10,000 Swiss francs was endowed. He received the Slovenian Prešeren Prize , the highest honor for Slovenian artists, many times, most recently in 1971. He was also honored with the Ordre des Palmes Académiques in Paris. In 2001 a postage stamp with his portrait appeared in Slovenia.

The first musical influences in his compositions were Joseph Marx and Vincent d'Indy, with Škerjanc achieving an independent Slavonic harmony. From the late 1950s onwards, he also incorporated twelve-tone techniques into his music, but without fundamentally changing his style.

Orchestral works (selection)

  • Lyric Overture, 1926
  • Prelude, Aria and Finale, 1926
  • Violin Concerto, 1927
  • Preludio, 1928
  • Old-style suite, 1928
  • 5 symphonies, 1931, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943
  • Festive Overture, 1933
  • Piano concerto, 1940
  • 2nd suite for string orchestra, 1940
  • Dramatic Overture, 1941
  • Symphonic funeral music, 1942
  • Fantasy for piano and orchestra, 1944
  • Violin Concerto, 1944
  • Allegro de concert for violoncello and orchestra, 1947
  • Concertino for piano and strings, 1949
  • Gazelles, 1950
  • Bassoon Concerto, 1953
  • Harp Concerto, 1954
  • Concerto for clarinet, strings, percussion and harp, 1958
  • Problems, 1958
  • 6 Etudes, 1958
  • 7 Dodecaphonic Fragments (twelve-tone music), 1959
  • Solemn Overture, 1961
  • Flute Concerto, 1962
  • Piano concerto left hand, 1963

literature

  • Zdravko Blažeković:  Škerjanc, Lucijan Marija. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 15 (Schoof - Stranz). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7618-1135-7  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Tatjana Kralj: Stoletnica rojstva LM Skerjanca . Fundacija Lucijana Marije Skerjanca, Ljubljana 2000, OCLC 500336620 (Slovenian).
  • Jože Sivec: Škerjanc, Lucijan Marija (1900–1973) . In: Slovenska biografija . Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, 2013 (Slovenian, slovenska-biografija.si [accessed April 12, 2020]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Andrej Rijavec, Ivan Klemenčič:  Škerjanc, Lucijan Marija. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  2. ↑ 2001 Stamps - short biography ( memento from August 11, 2007 in the web archive archive.today ) in: Pošta Slovenije (English)
personal data
SURNAME Škerjanc, Lucijan Marija
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skerjanc, Lucijan Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav composer, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th December 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1973
Place of death Ljubljana