Ján Valašťan Dolinský

Ján Valašťan Dolinský (15 February 1892, Békéscsaba (Békéšská Čaba) – 2 March 1965, Nitra) was a Slovak composer, teacher, journalist, esperantist and collector of folk songs.[1]

He graduated from a teacher's institute and then worked as a teacher. From 1928 he was a teacher in Martin, where he simultaneously worked in the Music department of Matica slovenská.

Works

Folk song collections

  • Čabianske ľudové piesne pre mužský zbor (1923)
  • Z našich hôr a dolín (1941)

Music for poems

He wrote music for poems of many well-known Slovak poets and it appeared under the name Vám všetkým (1922) and under other names

Song books

  • Môj spevník
  • Slávme slávne...

Textbooks

  • Všeobecná náuka o hudbe (General Music Science)

Esperanto texts

  • Mluvnica a slovník slovensko-esperantský (1936; Slovak-Esperanto Grammar and Dictionary; the first Slovak Esperanto textbook)
  • Malý esperantsko slovenský slovník (1948; Small Esperanto-Slovak Dictionary)
  • Učebnica jazyka esperanto (1949; Textbook of Esperanto)

Works in Esperanto

His original songs include:

  • En aŭtuno
  • Rememoro
  • Profunda okulparo

Translations:

References

  1. ^ Žiarna, Miriam (2023). "Conference paper: Ján Valašťan-Dolinský's Song Oeuvre". University of Ostrava. Retrieved 5 November 2024.