Jože Humer

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Jože Humer (24 June 1936 – 13 June 2012) was a Slovenian composer, choirmaster, lyricist, translator, and cultural organiser.[1] He was born in Maribor, attended a local classical gymnasium, and then studied and graduated from law.[2] He established the and led the and the in Ljubljana. He was president of the , the renovator of the , and president of the . He wrote and translated hundreds of librettos and other lyrics for children, choirs, and soloists. In 1999, he received the Golden Medal of the for his work.[2] He was also a judge, a secretary of the Supreme Court of Slovenia,[2] and involved in the legal and organisational arrangements in the field of culture in the 1980s and during Slovenian secession from Yugoslavia.[1] Later, he collaborated as an expert with the Slovenian Constitutional Court.[3] In March 2012, he was decorated by Slovenian President Danilo Türk with the Order for Merits of Slovenia, with a rationale that described him as an "above-average deserving personality of the Slovenian cultural life."[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "Predsednik Türk je odlikoval kulturniškega aktivista Humra in vsestranskega Jurgca" [The President Türk Decorated the Cultural Activist Humer and the Versatile Jurgec]. MMC RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 16 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Priznanja sklada za leto 1999: Jože Humer" [1999 Recognitions of the Fund: Jože Humer] (in Slovenian). Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Umrl je Jože Humer, glasbena duša in strasten kulturni delavec" [Jože Humer, Musical Soul and Passionate Cultural Worker, Has Died]. MMC RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 13 June 2012.


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