Josip Ipavec, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josip Ipavec

Slovenian composer

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1873

Place of Birth: Šentjur, Slovenia

Date of Death: 08-Feb-1921

Profession: composer, physician, military physician

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Josip Ipavec (21 December 1873 – 8 February 1921, surname sometimes spelled Ipavic) was a Slovenian composer.
A native of Šentjur, he lived in that town for much of his life.
He was a physician in his professional life, at first in the Austria-Hungarian army and later for the most part in Šentjur.
As a composer, he wrote mainly theatre music and lieder.
In 1901, he wrote the first and the most often performed Slovene ballet, the pantomime A Little Man ("Možicek").