Marij_Kogoj

Marij Kogoj

Marij Kogoj

Slovenian composer

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

Marriage

Kogoj married Marija Podlogar in 1919.[5][6]

References

  1. [1]
    Slovenski biografski leksikon: Marij Kogoj (in Slovene)
  2. [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. [3]
    zavod-parnas.org. "Marij Kogoj". www.gradez.si. Archived from the original on 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  4. [4]
    SNG Maribor Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. [5]
    Sadie, Julie Anne; Sadie, Stanley (2005). Calling on the Composer: A Guide to European Composer Houses and Museums. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 225.
  6. [6]
    Čuk, S. (2016). "Obletnica meseca". Ognjišče. 2016 (2): 52. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
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