MAURI Štefan
Leto rojstva: 1931Leto smrti: 2014
Commission of Musical Works
Status:
Slovene composer, choral conductor and music essayist/critic.Education
- Ljubljana Academy of Music: Degree in composition (1967, class of Prof. Lucijan Marija Škerjanc).- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Rijeka, Croatia: First grade degree.
Career
Full-time employment:- Leader of centres for further education in industrial companies: Anhovo, Telecommunications Pržan in Ljubljana and Tobačna tovarna (Tobacco Factory) in Ljubljana.
- Assistant to the director at the Technical Schools’ Centre, then principal of the school.
- Teacher of technical skills at the School for Car Mechanics in Ljubljana (1962-1970).
- Active in the Technical Schools’ Centre in Nova Gorica (from 1970 until retirement).
- Teacher of education and art during a period of directional education at technical and other intermediate (professional) schools in Nova Gorica.
- Founder and leader of the Nova Gorica Chamber Choir (1970-1988).
- Leader of the Valentin Stanič Male Choir in Levpa, as well as of other choirs.
- Initiator and founder of the Nova Gorica Organ School.
- Initiator of the music school section in Podgora near Gorizia, Italy, affiliated to the Music Centre of the Emil Komel School.
- Teacher of piano, conducting and other music subjects at the Nova Gorica Organ School and at the Emil Komel School in Gorizia, Italy.
Functions:
- Member of various commissions in the field of education, as part of the activities of the Institute of Education of the Republic of Slovenia.
- Member of the jury at the choral festivals Primorska poje (Primorska Sings), Goriški zbori pojejo (The Choirs of Gorizia Sing) and others.
- Organiser of numerous concert performances for choirs in and around Gorizia/Nova Gorica.
- Member of the jury at the competition for choirs of Primorska, at Radio Koper.
- One of the founders and organisers of the Association of Choral Societies of Primorska.
- Member of the board of commissioners for adult choirs at the Association of Choral Societies of Primorska.
- Member of the jury at the international competition C. A. Seghizzi in Gorizia, Italy.
- Co-organiser of the Music Festival Kogojevi dnevi (Kogoj Days) in Kanal ob Soči.
- Choral singer in the Slovene Madrigalists and the Choir of Slovenian Philharmonic (1962-1970).
Awards and Prizes
- The Golden Gallus Distinction Medal for longstanding activity in the field of choral music.- The Bevk Award of the Nova Gorica Municipality for special creative achievements in art and culture.
- Prize in Category A for a choral work on a text by France Balantiè (on the 50th anniversary of the poet’s death).
- Prize in the international choral competition C. A. Seghizzi for the best performance of a folk song (arranged by Ubald Vrabec) Polka je ukazana (Polka is Indicated).
- Second place in the radio competition of Slovene choirs.
- First place in the choral competition in Izegem/Izeghem, Belgium, 1984.
- Honorary Order of the Republic of Slovenia for his creative opus, 2003.
Opus:
Choral Music
FEMALE CHOIR:Tiha so polja (1998): Dežek pada v polja, Jesen, Pesem, Žalostna deklica, Črne gosli, V samotnem polju, Uspavanka, Molitev zahvale, Kurir, Balada, Sam in V pepelnični noči.
MALE CHOIR:
Sredi samote (1998): Kraška vas III, Truden, ubit, Jesenski večer, Kraška vas II, Kraška vas I, Vaška lipa, Sonet smrti, Molitev zahvale, Jesen, Gospod odgovori očem.
MIX CHOIR:
Mimo nas plove čas (1998): Hišica, ki je pod klancem, Balada, Bolečina, Iz rosnega mraka, Vetri v polju, Tiha misel zablestela, Tiha misel zablestela s spremljavo flavte in klavirja, Sanctus, Amen, Ko zajočejo breze, Po srebrni mesečini.
SONGS: Ptička bregarica za ženski zbor (L.Z), Po srebrni mesečini (A.G.), Zadnja večerja za mešani zbor (L.Š.), Bojim se, Vzljubil sem.
Chamber Music
Trio Lintverjeve vragolije za klavir, violino in violončelo, Godalni kvartet, Duo za violino in klavir, Kontrasti za klavir in kontrabas,Tihožitje za flavto in klavir, Tihožitje za violino in klavir, Simfonieta za trobila, Skladba za trobilni kvartet rogov, Espresivo per organa e tronbe, Fantazija za orgle, trobento, pozavno in pavke, Po stvareh h končnemu, Duo za kontrabas in klavir, Poglavar na Olimpu, Spominjanja, Memento, Godalni kvartet, Andante za trobila i timpane, Refleksija na poezijo, Tro quasi suita, Kvak med kvakami, V soji sveč, Misli v valovih, trio za violino, violončelo in klavir, Slišanje po Slovenski Benečiji.Other Ensembles:
VOCAL MUSIC:A collection of songs on texts by Alojza Gradnika Žariš in žgeš (1993): Vprašanje, Melanholija, Materi, Žariš in žgeš, Rosna kaplja, Črv, Eros tanatos, Trudna pot, Galla placidia, Kmet govori hlapcu, Kmet govori sodniku, Kolon Kumar, A collection of songs on texts by Ljubke Šorli Kadar ciprese šumijo (1996): Po njivah rumenih, Večerna pesem, Melanholija, Na Mengorah zvoni, V bregu tiho in boječe, Otožnost, Kadar ciprese šumijo, Pogovor z Bogom, Češnjev svet, Ti in jaz in tri leta življenja, Pogled na goriški grad, Na goriškem travniku, zbirka samospevov na besedila različnih avtorjev Padajoče zvezde (1997): Žalostna deklica, Med belimi krizantemami, V pepelnični noči, Sam, Moje gosli, Čas je minil, Pot brez konca, Jesenski ognji, V mraku, Večer je večer, Padajoče zvezde, Zima, Harfa v vetru, Ogenj, Trudna pot, Kmet govori Bogu, Smrt Ivana Gradnika, zbirka Sedem samospevov na besedila Alojza Gradnika (1997): Vprašanje, Črv, Kolon Kumar, Kmet govori Bogu, Kmet govori sodniku, Kmet govori hlapcu, Eros tanatos, zbirka samospevov na besedila Cirila Zlobca Hiša očetova (2002): Senik, In na začetku je bila beseda, Hiša očetova IV, Hiša očetova V, Pet človeških čednosti, Ta žlahtni sad ljubezni boli, U Konu je šla, Judežev obup, Samospeva na besedilo F. Balantiča Judežev obup in na besedilo C. Zlobca Ta žlahtni sad ljubezni.
CANTATAS:
Pisma, sedem Gradnikovih pisem za ženski zbor in sopran solo s spremljavo klavirja, druga verzija s spremljavo pihalnih inštrumentov, Mrtvi vojak v tujini za štiri baritone in bariton solo s spremljavo trobil, klavirja, kontrabasa in pavk, Oda materi na besedilo Cirila Zlobca za bariton s spremljavo komornega orkestra, oboe, klarineta, klavirja, pavk in bobna, V temnem vrisku za dekliški zbor, sopran in tenor solo in spremljavo godalnega orkestra, Samota na besedilo Cirila Zlobca za alt in godalni orkester,Poslednje srečanje za sopran solo, ženski in moški zbor s spremljavo godalnega orkestra, Tihožitje za mešani zbor s spremljavo klavirja in flavte, Oblaki življenja na besedilo Srečka Kosovela za mešani zbor in simfonični orkester, Mesec je vstal (2000), Sv. Gora, Kantata na besedilo Ludvika Zorzuta (Briškega pesnika), Ptička bregarica, Stabat materskladba za dvozborje, soliste s spremljavo orkestra, Sv. Martin za bariton s spremljavo violine in orgel.
LITURGICAL MUSIC:
Slovenska maša Nadavški Mariji Snežni, mala kantata za mešani zbor s spremljavo orgel in flavte z dodanimi vstopnimi in zaključnimi spevi za ženski, moški in mešani zbor (1999), Slovenska maša Kristus odrešenik za mešani zbor in soliste (sopran, alt, tenor, bas) s spremljavo orgel (2001), Latinska maša za mešani zbor s spremljavo orgel, Maša za pokojne za moški zbor s spremljavo orgel (2001), Božje obličje na besedilo Alojza Gradnika za tenor s spremljavo klavirja, violončela in klarineta, Sveta gora, mala kantata na besedilo pesnice Pavle Medvešček za sopran s spremljavo orgel (1996), Sl. maša za visoki glas s spremljavo orgel, Sl. maša za ženski zbor posvečena Marijaceljski Mariji, Sl. maša za moški zbor s spremljavo orgel v čast sv. Andreju, Maša za glas in orgle, Maša posvečena sv. Andreju, Maša Marijaceljski Mariji.
Discography
- Audio cassette: Štefan Mauri, 1994: 12 songs on texts by Alojz Gradnik,- CD: Štefan Mauri, 2001: Slovenska maša Kristus odrešenik (Slovene Mass Devoted to Christ the Redeemer), cantata Sveta gora (Holy Mountain).
- CD: Štefan Mauri: 16 Lieder, released by DSS.
- DVD: Maša na sv. Gori (Mass on the Holy Mountain) on a text by A. Gradnik.
- CD: 12 Lieder on a text by Ljubka Šorli. Released by the “Kogoj Days” International Festival.
Contacts
Address: Avče 12, 5213 KanalTelephone: + 386 (0) 5 309 46 10
