HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS

MUSIC IN SLOVENIA

 

 

Introduction

In the minds of many foreigners, Slovenian folk music means a form of polka that is still popular today. However, there are many styles of Slovenian folk music beyond polka and waltz.

 

Fun fact! The Divje Babe flute, an artifact found in a cave in Slovenia is possibly the oldest known musical instrument ever. Its age is estimated at approximately 55.000 years.

 

 

Medieval.  

Secular music was as popular as church music. The first Slovenian hymnal, Eni Psalmi, was published in 1567. This period saw the rise of Renaissance musicians like Jacobus Gallus.

Enlightenment.

In 1701, Johann Berthold von Höffer founded the Academia Philharmonicorum Labacensis based on Italian models and the Ljubljana branch of the Roman Academy of Arcadia was founded in 1709. 

19th CENTURY.

Growth of a distinctively Slovenian classical music sound based on romanticism.

20th CENTURY.

Impressionism was spreading across Slovenia, which soon produced composers Marij Kogoj and Slavko Osterc.

POPULAR MUSIC.

Perpetuum Jazzile is the group from Slovenia that is internationally most listened online. The oficial a capella “Africa” performance video has more tan 15 million views on Youtube. Other popular bands, most largely unknown outside the country, are Tabu, Rok ‘n’ Band, Pop Design, Leaf Fat, Yogurt, etc.

 

INSTRUMENTAL.

The typical Slovenian music is played with: Styrian harmonica (the oldest type of accordion), kontra, hammered dulcimer, cimbalon grande, drone zither, violin zither, tamburica, fiddle, etc.

 

 

EUROVISION 2018.

Lea Sirk will represent Slovenia at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Havala, ne.

 

 

 

YOU DID A GREAT JOB SARA!  By David Laninšek

The only thing that I would like to change is that the typical instruments for the Slovene folk music are: the accordion, the bass guitar or double bass and the guitar.

 

 

Sara Fernández Pérez. 1º Bachiller B.