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Fran Gerbič Commemorative Plaque

A commemorative plaque was attached to the façade in 1964, when the memorial room in the birthplace of Fran Gerbič was still open. Fran Gerbič Fran Gerbič (1840–1917) was an influential teacher of operatic singing, a composer, publicist and theatre practitioner. He went down in musical history as the first highly educated Slovenian composer, and

Emil Adamič Commemorative Plaque

A black marble memorial plaque attached to the birthplace of Emil Adamič was formally unveiled in Dobrova near Ljubljana in 1977. Emil Adamič Born on Christmas Day in Dobrova, on the outskirts of Ljubljana, Emil Adamič (1877–1936) asserted himself in the early twentieth century as one of the pre-eminent Slovenian composers of vocal and orchestral

Monument to Jurij Flajšman

A monument to the composer was erected in 1931 in front of Jurij Flajšman’s birthplace, in the Beričevo district, which was complemented by a bust by sculptor Aleš Maher in 1974. Jurij Flajšman Jurij Flajšman (1818–1874) is one of the most prominent composers of music of the national awakening, artists who in the mid-nineteenth century

Monument to Jakob Aljaž

A bronze statue of Aljaž Jakob was erected in 1989. Made by sculptor Nebojša Mitrić, the memorial stands on the left side of the main road to Kranjska Gora, at the Mojstrana–Dovje crossroads, with the figure of Aljaž gazing towards Mt Triglav. Jakob Aljaž Slovenian composer, choirmaster, singer and priest Jakob Aljaž (1845–1927) dedicated himself

Stanko Vurnik Commemorative Plaque

A rectangular plaque made from polished tonalite with an inscription was attached to the composer’s birthplace (Sexton’s House) by the Society of Slovenian Composers in 1972. Stanko Vurnik Ethnologist and art historian Stanko Vurnik (1898–1932) was also an influential authority on musicology, music criticism and historiography. While studying art history with his role model, Professor

Commemorative Plaque to Jacobus Handl Gallus

The original commemorative plaque attached to the former girls’ school in 1933 was destroyed during World War II. In 1973, a new one was put up on the façade of the Community Centre in the town centre of Ribnica.

Monument to Jacobus Handl Gallus

Since 2016, the renovated village centre at Šentviška Gora has been adorned by a stone bust of the Renaissance composer Jacobus Handl Gallus, carved by self-taught sculptor Evgen Feltrin and erected by the Šentviška planota Tourist Association. Apart from Idrija and Ribnica, Šentviška Gora is one of Gallus’ three presumed birthplaces. On the basis of archival sources and other testimonies to the composer’s presence in Slovenia, this monument erected in his memory honours this great composer in the Slovenian Littoral.

Monument to Jacobus Handl Gallus in the Park of Cultural Workers

Placed on a rectangular-shaped column, the bust of Jacobus Handl Gallus stands in the Ribnica Park of Cultural Workers as material confirmation of one of the numerous theories about the birthplace of this great Renaissance artist. (Apart from Ribnica, Slovenian folk tradition also claims his other two birthplaces to be at Idrija and Šentviška Gora.) The park was built in 1982 on the initiative and under the patronage of the Ribnica Tourist Association. The bust was made by sculptor Stane Jarm.

Emil Adamič Commemorative Plaque

A memorial plaque dedicated to Emil Adamič is attached to the facade of 16 Staretova Street in the Ljubljana district of Trnovo, the house where the composer lived and worked during the final years of his life. The inscription on the plaque reads, “The Slovenian composer Emil Adamič, 1877–1936, worked in this house between 1931–1936.”