Lorenc Antoni, composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue and choir leader, passed away in Pristina (Kosovo). He was born in Skopje (North Macedonia) in 1909. He received basic musical knowledge in his hometown and continued it privately in Belgrade. In 1941, he came to Kosovo, settling in Prizren, where he directed the choir of the cultural-artistic society “Agimi” (\u201cDawn\u201d), with which he achieved success outside of Kosovo. In the years 1948-1956, he was the initiator and then teacher and director of the “Josip Slavenski” Elementary and High School of Music in Prizren. From this period come his published ethnomusicological works, such as: “Format muzikore dhe veglat popullore te shqiptar\u00ebt” (\u201cMusical forms and folk instruments of Albanians\u201d) (1950) and “Ritmi i k\u00ebng\u00ebve popullore shqiptare” (\u201cThe rythm of Albanian folk songs\u201d) (1952), then the orchestral ones: “N\u00eb Prizrenin e bukur” (\u201cIn beautiful Prizren\u201d) (1952) and the cycle of choral compositions published under the title “Kore shqiptare” (\u201cAlbanian Choirs\u201d) (1957). In 1956, until his retirement, he was the editor of popular music at Radio “Prishtina”, then of the music production of Radio Television of Prishtina, where he led groups of singers. Lorenc Antoni further, with his activity as a melographer and research analyst, collected and bred nearly 800 Albanian songs and melodies in Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and the Presheva Valley. He continued his creative activity as the author of arrangements and composer of choral works, such as: “Kore shqiptare” (\u201cAlbanian Choirs\u201d), “Jehonat e zemr\u00ebs” (\u201cEchoes of the heart\u201d) (1960), the choral song “Sk\u00ebnderbeu ngadh\u00ebnjimtar” (\u201cVictorious Skanderbeg\u201d) composed on the 500th anniversary of Gjergj Kastrioti-Skanderbeg (1968), works for mandolin orchestra with or without soloist “Dh\u00ebndri f\u00ebmi” (\u201cChild groom\u201d), “Moj e mira vash\u00eb e bardh\u00eb” (\u201cOh good white maiden\u201d), several orchestral pieces: “N\u00eb Prizrenin e vjet\u00ebr” (\u201cIn old Prizren\u201d) (1959), “Tri valle shqiptare” (\u201cThree Albanian dances\u201d) (1962), “Mal\u00ebsorja” (\u201cHighlander\u201d) ( 1966) etc. (In the photo: Lorenc Antoni)<\/i> <\/p>\n
Text:<\/strong> The encyclopedic dictionary of Kosovo – Vol. I <\/i>, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo, Pristina, 2018, page 54\u201355. <\/p>\n Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 State Ensemble of Albanian Folk Songs and Dances, Republic of North Macedonia. <\/p>\n Graphic processing: <\/strong>AHCF <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lorenc Antoni, a composer, ethnomusicologist, educator, and choir conductor, passed away in Pristina (Kosovo).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12089,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8175\/revisions\/12089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}