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glasbena društva v dolgem 19. stoletju: med ljubiteljsko in profesionalno kulturo
Photo: Tihomir Pinter
of the Slovenian Musicological Society, and for a number of years he edit-
ed the Jeunesses Musicales Ljubljana review. He was also head of Ljubljana’s
culture committee and of the national committee for the substantive over-
hauling of musical education. In addition, he has also worked as a critic,
translator, editor, reviewer and author.
Operating as the spiritus agens, he founded and directed the Slovenian
Music Days together with the composer Milan Stibilj in 1986, and remained
a member of the programme committee until his passing. In the three dec-
ades that Kuret directed this celebration of Slovenian music, more than 220
new Slovenian works were premiered. As an attentive head of the interna-
tional musicology symposium that is a part of the Slovenian Music Days, he
ensured that the symposium became one of the main musicological events
in this part of Europe. With his carefully chosen topics he not only encour-
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Photo: Tihomir Pinter
of the Slovenian Musicological Society, and for a number of years he edit-
ed the Jeunesses Musicales Ljubljana review. He was also head of Ljubljana’s
culture committee and of the national committee for the substantive over-
hauling of musical education. In addition, he has also worked as a critic,
translator, editor, reviewer and author.
Operating as the spiritus agens, he founded and directed the Slovenian
Music Days together with the composer Milan Stibilj in 1986, and remained
a member of the programme committee until his passing. In the three dec-
ades that Kuret directed this celebration of Slovenian music, more than 220
new Slovenian works were premiered. As an attentive head of the interna-
tional musicology symposium that is a part of the Slovenian Music Days, he
ensured that the symposium became one of the main musicological events
in this part of Europe. With his carefully chosen topics he not only encour-
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