Janez Bitenc
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1925 –
Who is Janez Bitenc?
Janez Bitenc was a Slovene composer and music teacher, best known for the music he wrote for over 400 children's songs and musical stories.
Bitenc was born in Ljubljana. He studied music at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana where he graduated in 1952. As composing music he also wrote the lyrics for many of his children's songs and published book of stories for children. In 1971, he won the Levstik Award for his book of songs for young children Ciciban poje. He died in Ljubljana at the age of 79 years.
Bitenc's songs are known by more or less all pre-school and primary school children in Slovenia. Among the most known of his are Kuža pazi, Naša četica koraka, Zajček dolgoušček, Ringa raja, and others.
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