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Ján Cikker

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Also known as Jan Cikker

Slovak composer (1911–1989)

Person · Open Library

Born
1911
Died
1989
Works
4

Top works

  • Das Spiel von Liebe und Tod
  • Pod sluncem této země

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
SK
Active from
1911-07-29
Active to
1989-12-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
37
Total plays
632

Tags

slovakianslovakia

Ján Cikker (29 July 1911 – 21 December 1989) was a Slovak composer, a leading exponent of modern Slovak classical music. He was awarded the title National Artist in Slovakia, the Herder Prize (1966) and the IMC-UNESCO International Music Prize (1979). Cikker was born in former Austria-Hungary, today Slovakia, in Banská Bystrica. His first music teachers were his mother, Mária Psotková, and Viliam Figuš-Bystrý. After he graduated from the high school <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/J%C3%A1n+

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