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In memoriam
Prof. Emeritus Primož Kuret, PhD
(1935–2022)
The academic monograph entitled Music Societies in the Long 19th Centu
ry: Between Amateur and Professional Culture is dedicated to the memory
of the founder of the Slovenian Music Days and the long-time director of
the International Musicological Symposium, Prof. Emeritus Primož Kuret,
PhD, who concluded his rich life in 2022.
In 1954 he passed the matura exam at the Classical Grammar School
in Ljubljana, in 1959 he graduated from the Academy of Music (history of
music) and the Faculty of Arts (art history), received his doctorate from the
Faculty of Arts in 1965, and later became professor of world music history
and the history of Slovenian music at the Ljubljana Academy of Music. He
was head of the Music Pedagogy Department on a number of occasions,
and from 1993 to 2001 was also the vice-dean of the Academy of Music.
Kuret devoted a large portion of his life to his professorship, which he be-
gan in 1978 at the Academy of Music, staying there until his retirement in
2005. He trained many musicians who are now employed in almost all of
Slovenia’s musical institutions.
He was the initiator of symposia organised by the Academy of Music
and instigated the foundation and development of the Glasbeno-pedagoški
zbornik (The Journal of Music Education) published by Ljubljana’s Acade-
my of Music, with which he encouraged postgraduate master’s and doctor-
al students, young academics and university professors active in different
fields of music to write articles about important musical subjects, there-
by leading to new findings. Kuret was active for four years as the president
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In memoriam
Prof. Emeritus Primož Kuret, PhD
(1935–2022)
The academic monograph entitled Music Societies in the Long 19th Centu
ry: Between Amateur and Professional Culture is dedicated to the memory
of the founder of the Slovenian Music Days and the long-time director of
the International Musicological Symposium, Prof. Emeritus Primož Kuret,
PhD, who concluded his rich life in 2022.
In 1954 he passed the matura exam at the Classical Grammar School
in Ljubljana, in 1959 he graduated from the Academy of Music (history of
music) and the Faculty of Arts (art history), received his doctorate from the
Faculty of Arts in 1965, and later became professor of world music history
and the history of Slovenian music at the Ljubljana Academy of Music. He
was head of the Music Pedagogy Department on a number of occasions,
and from 1993 to 2001 was also the vice-dean of the Academy of Music.
Kuret devoted a large portion of his life to his professorship, which he be-
gan in 1978 at the Academy of Music, staying there until his retirement in
2005. He trained many musicians who are now employed in almost all of
Slovenia’s musical institutions.
He was the initiator of symposia organised by the Academy of Music
and instigated the foundation and development of the Glasbeno-pedagoški
zbornik (The Journal of Music Education) published by Ljubljana’s Acade-
my of Music, with which he encouraged postgraduate master’s and doctor-
al students, young academics and university professors active in different
fields of music to write articles about important musical subjects, there-
by leading to new findings. Kuret was active for four years as the president
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