!!!Kotek, Georg

Kotek, Georg, b. Vienna, March 4, 1889, 
d. Purkersdorf (Lower Austria), Nov. 2, 1977, collected and researched 
folk songs, studied law. From 1924 President of the Wiener 
Volksgesangsvereins ("Vienna Folk Song Association"); co-editor of the 
music magazine "Das deutsche Volkslied", pioneered radio broadcasts on 
folk songs ("Volksliedersingen der RAVAG").

!Works
Volkslieder um Schneeberg und Semmering, 1942; Unsere 
Spielmusik, 1943 (with R. Zoder); Stimme der Heimat, 3 vols., 
1948-1954; Im Heimgarten, 1949; Stille Stunden, 1950.



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