The dissertation Terminology in Slovene Music Textbooks from the year 1867 until the present day presents the first systematic musicological research into the development of some basic Slovene music ...theory terminology from the year 1867 until the present day. Its intention was to present the issues of music terminology in the field of teaching music theory, to warn of terminological difficulties and to offer a basis for a possible definition of ways to solve terminological inconsistencies in the field of Slovene music theory terminology. The thesis is divided into two main parts: the historical-theoretical and the empirical part. The former comprises of a wider research (terminology), the outline of the methodological tools (corpus approach), a presentation of the development of Slovene technical terms and music terminology and an overview of music terminology researches and the corpora used. The latter is comprised out of 49 different textbooks dealing with music theory, written in the Slovenian language in between the years 1867 and 2014.
The theme of this article was inspired by a series of questions that arise to researchers when discussing compositions by musical modernist Slavko Osterc and his pupils from the first half of the ...20th century, whose music was neither "tonal" nor extreme "atonal". On the one hand, there is a strong doubt of the Slovenian analysts in the progress (modernity) of the compositional means of the mentioned music, since the works are usually compared with the most extreme solutions of the Second Vienesse School – with atonality, athematicism or twelve-tone technique, and on the other hand the rejection of this music from the Slovenian cultural management in concert performing. The central question that arises is the question of the meaningfulness of such comparison, given that these composers were educated also in Prague and did not want to follow the Schönberg's twelve-tone method.
The article will outline the characteristics of Slovene symphonic poems through the programmes on which the composers referenced their symphonic poems and with musical analyses of selected works of ...the genre.
In spite of its small quantity, in its own way the piano opus of Janko Ravnik marked the history of Slovene piano music. Particularly with his early piano works, Ravnik opened up new dimensions in ...Slovene pianistic creativity. Addressing question as to whether we can speak of his piano compositions as the beginning of the piano piece in Slovenia, the present article seeks an answer on two levels: the compositional-technical and reception.
Double-cd compilation of Slovenian ethno music (world music): Glasbene poti – podolgem in počez Music Routes – Highways and Byways, Slovenia 2011, published by SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre
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