14 Facts About Dragotin Cvetko

Dragotin Cvetko was a Slovenian composer and musicologist.

Dragotin Cvetko was born in Vucja Vas, a village in Styria, Austria-Hungary.

Dragotin Cvetko was the son of Fran and Alojzija Cvetko, both schoolteachers in Vucja Vas, and the older brother of the composer Ciril Cvetko.

Dragotin Cvetko studied at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana and at the Ljubljana Conservatory, and continued his education in composition in Prague.

Dragotin Cvetko received his doctorate in 1938 with the dissertation Problem obcega muzikalnega vzgajanja ter izobrazevanja.

Dragotin Cvetko taught at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana from 1938 to 1943 and from 1945 to 1962 with the ranks of assistant, associate, and full professor.

Dragotin Cvetko served as the dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1970 to 1972.

Dragotin Cvetko was the vice president of the International Musicological Society.

Dragotin Cvetko became a full member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1970, a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1968, a corresponding member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1979, and an honorary member of the Croatian Music Institute in 1978.

Dragotin Cvetko received the Preseren Award in 1961 for his work Zgodovino glasbene umetnosti na Slovenskem, the Herder Prize in 1972, the AVNOJ Award in 1982, and the Kidric Award in 1988.

Dragotin Cvetko engaged in extensive work based on critical study of sources and issues of musical style to create a solid basis for Slovenian music history, providing an impetus for similar work elsewhere in Yugoslavia.

Dragotin Cvetko published numerous articles in Yugoslav and international periodicals.

Dragotin Cvetko participated in international musicological conferences and delivered talks at various universities and institutions, and in radio broadcasts.

Dragotin Cvetko died in Ljubljana at the age of 82 years.