Paul J. Sifler, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Paul J. Sifler

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1911

Date of Death: 20-May-2001

Profession: composer, organist, choir director

Nationality: Slovenia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Paul John Sifler (born Pavel Gerjol, December 31, 1911, Ljubljana, Slovenia – May 20, 2001, Hollywood, California, was a Slovenian composer and conductor.Paul J.
Sifler was the illegitimate son of the organ builder Ivan Kacin (1884–1953) and a young singer, Terezija Gerjol.
His surname was changed to Šifler when he was adopted by his stepfather and was later modified to Sifler.
At the age of 11, he moved to the United States from his native Polhov Gradec.
He attended the Chicago Conservatory of Music and graduated in 1940 with a degree in music composition.
Sifler was an extremely prolific composer, and he is best known for his works for the organ.
Many of his other titles, such as his "Slovenian Triptych for Piano" and "Three Preludes on Slovene Church Hymns" relate back his native Slovenia.
In 1975, together with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John La Montaine, Paul Sifler founded Fredonia Press, for the purpose of publishing exclusively the works of the two composers.
Until his death in 2001, Sifler lived and worked with La Montaine in Hollywood on Fredonia Drive, from which they derived the name of their publishing company.