Collection of articles written by the following contributors: Alenka Bagarič, Katarina Bedina, Nataša Cigoj Krstulović, Darja Frelih, Stane Granda, Ivan Klemenčič, Metoda Kokole, Zmaga Kumer, Primož ...Kuret, Jože Sivec, Jurij Snoj, Leon Stefanija, Edo Škulj.
(fl mid-18th century). Austrian composer of south Slav extraction. Only fragmentary information about his life is available. A Pauline monk, he was a member of the Maria Trost monastery near Graz by ...1755. He was evidently a prolific and popular composer: there survive about 100 works by him in manuscripts, dating mostly from 1762 to 1772 and scattered throughout the Habsburg Empire and in south Germany. His music is characteristic of the transition from late Baroque to early Classical style, and his best works are his masses and symphonies. The masses are mostly scored for four soloists, four-part choir, two violins and bass and a pair of trumpets; some are of considerable dimensions, and they show distinct Neapolitan traits. The symphonies, many of which have four movements, are scored for strings, sometimes with a pair of trumpets or horns. The trios, entitled variously ‘Divertimento’, ‘Nocturno’, ‘Sinfonia’, ‘Sonata’ and ‘Parthia’, are mostly in three movements in the same key; Ivanschiz’s frequent use of the viola as the second solo instrument is a forward-looking trait...
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