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Jakob Jež (Slovenian: [jakob jeʒ]; born 23 November, 1928) is a Slovene composer.

Contents  1 Biography 2 Selected Compositions 2.1 Orchestral works 2.2 Choral works 2.3 Works for voice & ensemble 2.4 chamber works 2.5 solo works 2.6 fixed-media 3 Awards and distinctions 4 References

Biography[edit] Jež was born 23 November, 1928 in Boštanj, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia). He graduated with a degree in music history from the Ljubljana Music Academy in 1954. As a young composer he was particularly influenced by the work of Slovene composer Marij Kogoj. After Kogoj's death in 1956, Jež catalogued, arranged, and promoted the former's work. Despite never teaching composition, Jež was active as a pedagogue throughout his career. Upon graduating from the Ljubljana Music Academy he was employed as a professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana until his retirement in 1995. In 1960 Jež, along with fellow composers Darijan Božič, Ivo Petrić, Igor Štuhec, Alojz Srebotnjak, Lojze Lebič, Milan Stibilj, founded "Pro Musica Viva", a composers' collective which sought to promote not only the work of its founders, but also of contemporaneous works which were seldom performed in Yugoslavia. Owing to internal conflicts about the group's priorities and objectives, "Pro Musica Viva" essentially disbanded five years later, in 1965 (although various members remained active, continuing to use the group's name, until 1977). Nonetheless, despite its short-lived existence, the collective contributed significantly to the prominence of avant-garde music in Yugoslavia. From 1968-88, Jež was the head editor of Grlica, a publication dedicated to the promotion of contemporary music for choir. Additionally, from 1967-70, Jež was secretary of the Society of Slovene Composers and editor of the Bulletin Skladatelj ("The Composer's Newsletter"). He has composed a great number of works for voice and vocal ensembles, as well as numerous works for orchestra, chamber ensemble and solo instruments. In 1991, in recognition of his life's work as a composer he was awarded the Prešeren Award, the most prestigious award to be bestowed upon Slovenian artists. Jež continues to live in Ljubljana. His daughter is composer, Brina Jež-Brezavšček. Selected Compositions[edit] Orchestral works[edit] • Concertino semplice for violin and strings (1962) • Strophes for oboe, clarinet and strings (1965) • Folk Song and Capriccio for French horn and orchestra (1973) • Folk Song and Intermezzo for violin and orchestra (1976) • Strune, milo se glasite (Strings, give us your graceful sounds) for mandolin and 18 strings (1977) Choral works[edit] • Klas pri klasu (Ear by Ear) – a song cycle for mixed choir (1960-78) • Igraj kolce (Play the Game of 'Kolce') for female choir (1966) • The Idyll of J. Vodovnik for female choir (1971) • Pojem, plešem (I sing, I dance) – a song cycle for children's choir (1973) • Nmau èez izaro (Just over the Lake) for female choir (1975) • Umetnost in regrat (Art and Dandelion) (1976) • Caccia barbara for five vocal soloists (1979) • Potres v Reziji (The Earthquake in Resia) (1980) • Periatev for female choir (1981) • Komar z muho (The Mosquito with the Fly (1982) • Soudaška (Soldiers' Song) for female choir (1983) • The Magnet (1984) • Musica noster amor (1984) • Razglednica (The Postcard) (1984) • Njiva (The Field) for female choir (1985) • Ternek for female choir (1987) • Ad astra for female choir (1989) • Farinelli (1989) • Prava pesem (True Song) for female choir (1992) • The Rhyme (1993-96) • Second Suite of Folk Tunes (1994) • Je še pesem (The Song still exists) for female choir (1995) • Third Suite of Folk Tunes (1995) • Veliki krog (The Great Circle) for female choir (1995) • Mati zemlja (Mother Earth) (2000) • O, ti mogoèni (Oh, You All-mighty) (2000) Works for voice & ensemble[edit] • Zadnja ptica (The Last Bird) for voice and piano (1956) • Three Songs for voice and piano (1957) • Uspavanke za hèerko (Cradle Songs for a Daughter) for voice and piano (1958) • Drobne pesmi (Minute Songs) for voice and piano (1958-60) • Three Ballads for voice and piano (1960) • Pastirski spevi (Shepherds' Canticles) for two voices, flute, clarinet, violin and piano (1960) • Pojem, igram (I sing, I play) – a cycle for female choir, piano and ensemble (1964-92) • Noè utripa (Pulsating Night) for voice, French horn and harp (1964) • Ten Songs for voice and piano, Three Songs on Murn's texts for voice, flute and viola, (1965) • Odsevi Hajamovih stihov (Reflections of Khayam's Verses) for soprano and chamber ensemble (1967) • Do fraig amors - cantata for two choirs, mandolin, guitar, lute and percussion (1968) • Brižinski spomeniki (The Freising Monuments) - cantata for tenor, bass, two mixed choirs, children's choir, brass instruments and percussion (1970) • Iacobi Galli disticha for voice, lute and percussion (1970) • Spomin (The Memory) for voice, chimes and piano (1970) • Pogled narave (Nature's Gaze) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, clarinet, French horn and percussion (1973) • Pogled zvezd (Stars' Gaze) - cantata for soprano, two mezzo-sopranos, male octet, mixed choir and orchestra (1974) • Caccia giocosa for six vocal soloists and French horn (1983) • Gozdni odmevi (Sylvan Echoes) for voice and flute (1983) • Pogled lune (Moon's Gaze) for trumpet, violoncello and percussion (1990) • Sodobna uspavanka (Contemporary Lullaby) for mixed choir, flute and clarinet (1990-96) • Morski odmevi (Ocean's Echoes) for voice and viola (1998) • Five folk Songs for 1-2 voices and piano (1998-99) chamber works[edit] • Zimska pravljica (Winter Tale) – a collection of pieces for different formations (1960) • Pastoral Inventions for violin and piano (1961), Elegies for flute and clarinet (1962) • Sonatina for flute and piano (1962) • Stihi (Verses) for oboe and viola (1965) • Assonances for oboe, harp and piano (1966) • Nomos for chamber ensemble (1969) • Nomos II for clarinet, trombone and violoncello (1970) • Variations for flute , clarinet and bassoon (1968) • Nomos III for two violins (1970) • Nomos V for French horn, trumpet, trombone and piano (1972) • Nomos VI for violoncello and piano (1974) • Nomos VII for trombone and percussion (1976, rev. 1981) • Toccare toccata for violin and violoncello (1979) • Extremes I for bassoon and piano (1984) • Extremes II for clarinet and two percussion instruments (1986) • Bucolic for Gallus for two trumpets, French horn and trombone (1991) • Extremes III for oboe and two percussion instruments (1997) • Extremes IV for flute and two percussion instruments (1998) solo works[edit] • Romantic Study for piano (1950) • Elegy for piano (1952) • First Sonatina for piano (1954) • Two Children's Suites for piano (1955) • Second Sonatina for piano (1956) • Mali popotnik (The Little Wanderer) for piano (1964) • Three Studies for piano (1967) • Vzgibi (Impulses) for violin (1968) • Nomos IV for violoncello (1972, rev. 1975) • Tablature for guitar (1982) • Nomos VIII (1989) fixed-media[edit] • Pogled zvezd (Star's Gaze) II (1976) Awards and distinctions[edit] • First prize from RTV Slovenia for the cantata Do fraig amors, 1968 • Award of the Prešeren Foundation for the composition Do fraig amors, 1970 • Prešeren Prize for Life's Achievement, 1991 • Kozina Award for his collected works for choir, 2004 References[edit]

• The Society of Slovene Composers (DSS) – http://www.dss.si/jakob-jez-en