Zmaga Kumer

Zmaga Kumer (April 24, 1924 – December 27, 2008)[1] was a Slovenian musicologist and educator known for her research and writing on folk songs in Slovenia.[2] She attended the University of Ljubljana and the Ljubljana Academy of Music.[3] she taught at the Musicology Department of the Ljubljana Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana Academy of Music. She was also associated with the Ljubljana Institute of Ethnomusicology.[4][2]

She was the recipient of a Herder Prize as well as a Zois Award and a Strekelj Award. She was the author of many articles and books; notably Slovenska ljudska ghsbih in godei (Slovenian Folk Instruments and Musicians) and the textbook Etnomuzikologija (Ethnomusicology).[2]