After the war the communist party under Tito established the Federal Socialist Republic ofYugoslavia, and Slovenia became part of its six republics. After Tito's death in 1980, Yugoslavia slowly disintegrated, and the Slovenians for the first time in history gained independence as its own state (1991). The Reformation period in 1550 brought the first printed books in the Slovene language (the Catechism and Alphabet by Primož Trubar), which already contained musical settings of Psalms. Besides Latin, the German language was officially spoken. Musicians studied abroad (Vienna, Prague) or were mostly self-taught. ...the revolutionary year 1848, the most important composers who were born in the territory of Slovenia were Jacobus Gallus, Isaac Posch, Gabriello Puliti, Janez Krstnik Dolar, Gabriel Plavec, and Giuseppe Tartini. Fran Gerbič made a substantial contribution toward the growth and rise of Slovene art song.