Zmaga Kumer | |
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 Kumer before 1996 | |
| Born | 25 April 1924 Ribnica, Ribnica, Slovenia |
| Died | 27 December 2008 (aged 84) |
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| Known for | Slovenian folk song scholarship |
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| Discipline | Ethnomusicology |
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Zmaga Kumer (24 April 1924 – 27 December 2008) was a Slovenian ethnomusicologist and academic. A leading authority on Slovenian folk songs, she published over 450 works on the subject. She taught at both of her alma maters, the Academy of Music from 1953 to 1966 and the University of Ljubljana from 1966 to 1989.