Škerjanc was born in Graz and died in Ljubljana.
Slovenian composer, conductor, pianist and writer on music. He studied in Ljubljana, at the Prague Conservatory (1920–21), and at the Vienna Academy (1922–4).
He was also a writer and critic. His book,
Od Bacha do Šostakoviča has a literal meaning
From Bach to Shostakovich.
He composed mostly in a lyrical, marked late Romantic style with Impressionist influences, though he passed through a brief Expressionist phase in the late 1920s and employed 12-note techniques in the late 1950s.
He is distressingly under-recorded.
Orchestral
====================================Lyrical Overture, 1925;
Violin Concerto Nr.1, 1927;
Preludio, 1928;
Symphony no.1, 1931;
Festive Overture, 1932;
Prelude, Aria and Finale, 1933;
Suita v starem slogu [Suite in the Older Style], str, 1934;
Symphony no.2, 1938;
II suita, str, 1939;
Piano Concerto, 1940;
Mařenka, choreographic symphonic poem (1940)
Dramatic Overture, 1941;
Symphony no.3, 1941;
Simfonicna zalna glasba [Sym. Mourning Music], 1942;
Symphony no.4, str, 1942–3;
Symphony no.5, 1943;
Fantasy, piano & orchestra, 1944;
Violin Concerto Nr.2, 1944;
Allegro de concert, cello & orchestra, 1947;
Concertino, piano & strings, 1949;
Concertino for clarinet and orchestra, 1949
Gazelles, 1950;
Harp Concerto, 1954;
III Suita, strings, 1954;
Concerto for bassoon, harp & strings, 1956;
Clarinet Concerto, 1958;
7 Dodecaphonic Fragments, 1958;
6 Etudes, 1958;
Problems, 1958;
Sinfonietta, chamber strings, 1958;
Concertant Rhapsody for Viola and orchestra, 1959
Solemn Overture, 1961;
Flute Concertino, 1962;
Concerto for horn and orchestra (1962)
Piano concerto, Left-Hand, 1963
Chamber music
============================ String Quartet no.1, 1917;
String Quartet no.2, 1921;
String Quartet no.3, 1925;
Wind Quintet, 1925;
Intermezzo romantique, vn, pf, 1934;
Piano Trio, 1935;
String Quartet no.4, 1935;
Trio, flute, clarinet, bassoon, 1937;
2 Bagatelles, violin, piano, 1938–41;
String Quartet no.5, 1945;
String Quintet, 1950;
Duo, 2 violin, 1952;
5 Lyrical Melodies and Capriccio, cello, piano, 1953;
Concertone, 4 cellos, 1954;
4 Dithyrambic Pieces, violin, piano, 1959
Sedem etud (7 Etudes) for cello solo (1961)
Elegija (Elegy) for viola and piano
Piano Music
======================== Pro memoria 13. II., 1927;
7 Nocturnes, 1935;
24 Diatonic Preludes, 1936;
10 Youth Compositions, 1938; 6
Improvisations, 1942;
12 Variations without a Theme, 1944;
6 Compositions for One Hand, 1945–50;
12 Preludes, 1954;
Sonata, 1956
Sonata Nr.2, 1925
