Kamilo Mašek
Slovenian music educator and composer of Czech descent
About Kamilo Mašek
Lived 1831 – 1859 (aged 27). Kamilo Mašek was an Austrian composer, music educator and teacher.
Kamilo Mašek (11 July 1831 – 29 June 1859) was a Slovenian music composer of Czech descent.
Life Mašek was born on 11 July 1831 in Ljubljana, Austrian Empire, and baptized Camillo Leopold Bernhard Maschek. He was the son of the Czech-born Slovenian composer Gašper Mašek and Czech concert singer Amalie Horný Maschek. Mašek introduced more Romantic influence into Slovenian music. His compositions include various sacred works.
He died of tuberculosis in Sankt Stefan ob Stainz on 29 June 1859.
Works Overture to the melodrama Judith (1854), for orchestra Polkas for wind orchestra Divertimento for two violas, two cellos and double bass (1854) Fantasy for piano and melofon Choral Music: The Lake Songs, a wreath of songs on texts by France Prešeren
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Slovenian music educator and composer of Czech descent (1831-1859)
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Kamilo Mašek was born on 11 July 1831 in Ljubljana.
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Kamilo Mašek died on 29 June 1859 in Stainz.
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Kamilo Mašek was a composer, music educator and teacher.
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Kamilo Mašek was Austrian.
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