Janez Bitenc
Born(1925-10-25)October 25, 1925
Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
DiedFebruary 4, 2005(2005-02-04) (aged 79)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Occupation(s)Violinist and music teacher

Janez Bitenc (25 October 1925 – 4 February 2005) was a Slovene composer and music teacher, best known for the music he wrote for over 400 children's songs and musical stories.[1]

Bitenc was born in Ljubljana. He studied music at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana where he graduated in 1952. As composing music he also wrote the lyrics for many of his children's songs and published book of stories for children. In 1971, he won the Levstik Award for his book of songs for young children Ciciban poje (Ciciban Sings).[2] He died in Ljubljana at the age of 79 years.

Bitenc's songs are known by more or less all pre-school and primary school children in Slovenia. Among the most known of his are Kuža pazi (Little Dog is Watching), Naša četica koraka (Our Little Squad is Marching), Zajček dolgoušček (Rabbit Long-Ears), Ringa raja, and others.[3]

Selected Works for Children

References

  1. ^ Obituary on the Radiotelevizija Slovenija site, 4 February 2005
  2. ^ "The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  3. ^ Sojar Voglar, Črt (2005). "Skladateljske sledi po letu 1900" [Composers' Traces from 1900 Onwards] (PDF) (in Slovenian and English). Society of Slovene Composers. pp. 32–33. ISBN 961-91080-2-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-06.


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