!!!Koschat, Thomas

Koschat, Thomas, b. Viktring near Klagenfurt (Carinthia), Aug. 8, 1845, 
d. Vienna, May 19, 1914. Composer, choir singer, collected folk songs, 
wrote dialect poetry. Is considered one of the initiators of the folk 
music movement and the Carinthian folk song movement. K.-Museum in 
Klagenfurt (since 1934).

!Works
Carinthian songs (wrote texts himself); works for male choirs, 
singspiele (Am Woerthersee, 1882), Dorfbilder aus Kaernten, 1878; 
Erinnerungsbilder, 1889; Volkslieder aus Kae. (Verlassen, verlassen 
bin i).

!Literature
OeBL.



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