Marij Kogoj
Slovenian composer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marij Julij Kogoj (Trieste, 20 September 1892[1] – Ljubljana, 25 February 1956) was a Slovenian composer. He was a pupil of Schoenberg and Franz Schreker, and immensely popular during the 1920s, culminating with his opera Črne maske (Black masks).[2] His career ended in 1932, when he was institutionalized for schizophrenia. He remained there until his death in 1956.[3]