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Ilja Zeljenka

Slovak composer and music educator

Ilja Zeljenka (21 December 1932 – 13 July 2007) was a Slovak composer.

Born in Bratislava, Zeljenka studied music with Ján Cikker from 1951-1956. During the 1970s his more experimental idiom was suppressed by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, and he produced music based on folk music and neoromantic styles. His very large output includes three operas (including Bátoryčka (1994), based on the story of Elizabeth Báthory and Posledné dni Veľkej Moravy [The Last Days of Greater Moravia] (1996)), film music, piano works (including two pieces for piano and bongos), fourteen string quartets, nine symphonies, theatre music and electronic music. Among his vocal compositions is the cantata Oświęcim (1959), about the Auschwitz concentration camp.

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Works

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  • Bagattelli per violino solo
  • Bagattelli per violino solo: I. Andante
  • Bagattelli per violino solo: II. Largo malinconico
  • Bagattelli per violino solo: III. Energico
  • Concertino for Trumpet and Organ
  • Contrasts
  • Contrasts: I.
  • Contrasts: II. Largo
  • Contrasts: III. Allegro vivo
  • Double Plays for Violin and Cello
  • Double Plays for Violin and Cello: I. Allegro moderato
  • Double Plays for Violin and Cello: II. Largo
  • Double Plays for Violin and Cello: III. Andante grazioso
  • Double Plays for Violin and Cello: IV. Larghetto
  • Four Miniatures
  • Four Miniatures: I.
  • Four Miniatures: II.
  • Four Miniatures: III. Allegro giocoso
  • Four Miniatures: IV.
  • Ligatures for Organ
  • Monodrama
  • Music for Organ
  • Music for Organ: I. Prelude
  • Music for Organ: II. Fantasy I
  • Music for Organ: III. Interlude
  • Music for Organ: IV. Fantasy II
  • Music for Organ: V. Fugue
  • Music for Solo Cello
  • Music for Solo Cello: I. Adagio, molto tranquillo
  • Music for Solo Cello: II. Molto energico
  • Musica Slovaca for Four Cellos
  • Musica Slovaca for String Quartet
  • Piano Sonata no. 23
  • Piano Sonata no. 23: I. Larghetto
  • Piano Sonata no. 23: II. Allegro energico
  • Piano Sonata no. 23: III. Andante tranquillo
  • Piano Sonata no. 23: IV. Presto
  • Poem
  • Poem: I. Andante con passione
  • Poem: II. Adagio
  • Poem: III. Allegro risoluto
  • Prologue and Allegro
  • Prologue and Allegro: I. Prologue
  • Prologue and Allegro: II. Allegro
  • Pulsation
  • Sonata for Solo Cello
  • Sonata for Solo Cello: I. Burlesca. Andante
  • Sonata for Solo Cello: II. Larghetto cantabile
  • Sonata no. 2 for Violin Solo
  • Sonata no. 2 for Violin Solo: I. Andante
  • Sonata no. 2 for Violin Solo: II. Allegro
  • Sonata no. 2 for Violin Solo: III. Epilog. Adagio
  • Sonata per violino solo
  • Sonata per violino solo: I. Andante comodo
  • Sonata per violino solo: II. Largo dolente
  • Sonata per violino solo: III. Allegro con brio, energico
  • Sonatina for Violin Solo
  • Sonatina for Violin Solo: I. Twelve tones
  • Sonatina for Violin Solo: II. Open strings
  • Sonatina for Violin Solo: III. Finale quasi etuda
  • String Quartet no. 10
  • String Quartet no. 10: I. Andante
  • String Quartet no. 10: II. Adagio
  • String Quartet no. 10: III. Con brio
  • String Quartet no. 6 "Magics"
  • String Quartet no. 6 "Magics": I. Appassionato. Molto delicato
  • String Quartet no. 6 "Magics": II. Dolce
  • String Quartet no. 6 "Magics": III. Energico
  • String Quartet no. 6 "Magics": IV. Barbarao. Misterioso
  • String Quartet no. 6 "Magics": V. Molto espressivo
  • String Quartet no. 7 "Hommage à Beethoven"
  • Study 0, 3
  • Symmetries
  • Symmetries: I.
  • Symmetries: II.
  • Symmetries: III.
  • Symmetries: IV.
  • Symmetries: V.
  • Toccata
  • Two Pieces for Clarinet and Cello
  • Two Pieces for Clarinet and Cello: I. Andante
  • Two Pieces for Clarinet and Cello: II. Andante energico
  • Two Pieces for Two Cellos
  • Two Pieces for Two Cellos: I. Grazioso
  • Two Pieces for Two Cellos: II. Con passione