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advocate and expert in the field of copyright law. During his time in Sara-
jevo, he was a member of the Association of Composers of Bosnia and Her-
zegovina, as well as of certain bodies within the Association. 4
Recognised as one of the most important Slovenian composers of
the second half of the 20 century, Škerl’s name appears in encyclopae-
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dic publications and overviews of Slovenian artistic production. Howev-
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er, a scholarly monograph that would encompass all aspects of Škerl’s life
and creative work has yet to be written. This paper is a contribution to his
biography, focusing on the part of his life and artistic journey connected
to Sarajevo.

Sarajevo Period
Dane Škerl came to Sarajevo to take a position at the Academy of Music,
where he was engaged from September 1, 1960, to September 30, 1970, ini-
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tially as an assistant, and later as a lecturer and associate professor, teach-
ing composition, harmony, counterpoint, canon and fugue, and musical
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forms. In 1970, the Bosnian-Herzegovinian composer Milan Jeličanin
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(1935–1999) completed his composition studies in Škerl’s class. Alongside
3 Zeqirja Ballata, “Radoživ simfonik dodelanih oblik: skladatelju in pedagogu Danetu
Škerlu: (1931–2002),” Dialogi 38, no. 7/8 (2002): 110.
4 Škerl is listed as a regular member of the Association of Composers of Bosnia and
Herzegovina in the 1968 membership register (Milosavljević-Pešić, Kompozitori i
muzički pisci Jugoslavije, 649).
5 Rijavec and Klemenčič, “Škerl, Dane;” Franc Križnar and Tihomir Pinter, Sto sloven-
skih skladateljev: sodobni glasbeni ustvarjalci (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, Vrba,
1997), 99–100; Črt Sojar Voglar, Skladateljske sledi po letu 1900. Composers’ traces
from 1900 onwards (Ljubljana: Društvo slovenskih skladateljev, 2005), 256–7; Anon.,
“Škerl, Dane,” in Leksikon jugoslavenske muzike, vol 2, ed. Krešimir Kovačević (Za-
greb: Leksikografski zavod “Miroslav Krleža“, 1984), 411–2; Andrej Rijavec, “Škerl,
Dane,” in Muzička enciklopedija, vol. 3, ed. Krešimir Kovačević (Zagreb: Jugoslaven-
ski leksikografski zavod, 1977), 506; Slobodan Špirić, “Škerl, Dane,” in Narodno po-
zorište Sarajevo 1921–1971, ed. Josip Lešić (Sarajevo: Narodno pozorište, 1971), 529;
Andrej Rijavec, Slovenska glasbena dela (Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije,
1979), 315–20; Andrej Rijavec, Twentieth Century Slovene Composers. Slowenische
Komponisten des 20. Jahrhunderts (Ljubljana, Köln: Edicija Društva slovenskih skla-
dateljev; Musikverlage Hans Gerig, 1975), 83–4; Milosavljević-Pešić, Kompozitori i
muzički pisci Jugoslavije, 576; Truda Reich, Susreti sa suvremenim kompozitorima Ju-
goslavije (Zagreb: Školska knjiga, 1972), 332–4.
6 “Employee File – Dane Škerl,” Archives of the Academy of Music in Sarajevo.
7 Vinko Krajtmajer and Ivan Čavlović, eds., 50 godina Muzičke akademije u Sarajevu
(Sarajevo: Muzička akademija, 2006), 153.
8 Ivan Čavlović, Muzički portreti: izvori i sjećanja (Sarajevo: Buybook, 2017), 44.

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