Janez Bitenc, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Janez Bitenc

Slovene composer and music teacher

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1925

Place of Birth: Ljubljana, Ljubljana City Municipality, Slovenia

Date of Death: 04-Feb-2005

Profession: writer, composer, poet, children's writer, music pedagogue

Nationality: Slovenia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Janez Bitenc (25 October 1925 – 4 February 2005) 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 (Ciciban Sings).
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 (Little Dog is Watching), Naša cetica koraka (Our Little Squad is Marching), Zajcek dolgoušcek (Rabbit Long-Ears), Ringa raja, and others.