Marij Kogoj

Marij Julij Kogoj (Trieste, 20 September 1892[1] – 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 Črne maske (Black masks).[2] His career ended in 1932, when he was institutionalized for schizophrenia. He remained there until his death in 1956.[3]

Marij Kogoj

Works, editions, recordings
  • Črne maske "Black masks" Opera 1928 - scheduled for performance January 2012[4]

Recordings

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

References
  1. Slovenski biografski leksikon: Marij Kogoj (in Slovene)
  2. 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"
  3. zavod-parnas.org. "Marij Kogoj". www.gradez.si. Archived from the original on 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  4. SNG Maribor Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
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