Slavko Osterc

Slavko Osterc (June 17, 1895 – May 23, 1941), was a Slovenian composer.

Osterc was born in Veržej. He studied under Beran, who was a pupil of Leoš Janáček, in his youth before attending the Prague Conservatory from 1925-27. While there he studied under Karel Boleslav Jirák, Vítězslav Novák and Alois Hába. Osterc was a professor at the Ljubljana Conservatory for much of his career, remaining there until his death.

Works

Note: This list is incomplete.

Operas

• Krst pri Savici (Baptism at the Savica after France Prešeren), 1921
• Osveta (after Theodor Körner), 1923
• Iz komične opere (At the comic opera after Henri Murger), 1928
• Krog s kredo (Circle of Chalk after Klabund), 1928/29
• Saloma, 1929/30
• Dandin v vicah (Dandin in Purgatory, after Molière and Hans Sachs), 1930
• Medea (after Euripides), 1930

Ballets

• Iz Satanovega Dnevnika, 1924
• Maska rdeče smrti, 1930
• Illusions, 1938-40

Orchestral

• Bagatelles, 1922
• Symphony, 1922
• Suite, 1929
• Concerto for Orchestra, 1932
• Ouverture classique, 1932
• Concerto, 1933
• Passacaglia and Chorale, 1934
• Danses, 1935
• Mouvements symphoniques, 1936
• 4 pieces symphoniques, 1938-39
• Mati (symphonic poem, 1940)

Other

• Various works for voice; piano works; chamber music.

References

• Don Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard, 1996, p. 656.