{{Short description|Slovene conductor and composer (1930–2020)}} {{Infobox musical artist | alias = Mojzes | image = Sepe-Hren.JPG | image_size=265px | caption = Sepe (left) with Dušan Hren in 2005 | birth_name = <!--Mojmir Schiffrer--> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|7|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Jazbina, Črna na Koroškem, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|12|24|1930|7|11|df=y}} | occupations = {{hlist|composer|conductor|trumpeter|arranger}} | years_active = 1950–2020 | spouse = {{marriage|Majda Bernard|1956|2006|end=d}} | website = }}
'''Mojmir''' "'''Mojzes'''" '''Sepe''' (11 July 1930 – 24 December 2020) was a Slovenian composer, conductor, arranger and trumpeter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delo.si/kultura/glasba/umrl-je-mojmir-sepe/|title=Umrl je Mojmir Sepe|publisher=Delo|accessdate=25 December 2020}}</ref>
== Career == The son of opera singer Franc Schiffrer, Sepe graduated from Celje First Grammar School (gymnasium) in Celje in 1949. He later studied piano and trumpet at Ljubljana Academy of Music.
In 1950, he started his professional music career as a promising trumpet player at Radio Ljubljana Dance Orchestra. He also established the jazz Mojmir Sepe Band ({{lang|sl|Ansambel Mojmirja Sepeta}}), which published one of the first jazz vinyl records in socialist Yugoslavia. His trumpet career ended after an altercation at Opatija Festival '65 when four guys knocked out a couple of his front teeth as he defended her from having her purse stolen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/157687301.pdf |title=Poznavanje in poslušanje skladb Mojmirja Sepeta |language=sl |trans-title=Knowledge and Listening to Songs by Mojmir Sepe |first=Gregor |last=Sotošek |year=2018}}</ref> He committed to composing and conducting, mostly influenced by jazz and swing music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/koncerti-kulturno-umetniski-program/174705542|title=90 let Mojmirja Sepeta, pogovor|publisher=MMC RTV Slovenia 4D archive|accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref>
He collaborated with several Slovenian poets who wrote lyrics for his arrangements. Among them were Frane Milčinski Ježek, Gregor Strniša, Branko Šomen, Miroslav Košuta, and Ivan Minatti.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.delo.si/kultura/glasba/umrl-je-mojmir-sepe/|title=Umrl je Mojmir Sepe|website=www.delo.si}}</ref>
==Hit songs== *1962 — "Zemlja pleše" by Marjana Deržaj<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dss.si/sepe-mojmir.html|title = SEPE Mojmir}}</ref> *1964 — "Poletna noč" by Majda Sepe *1966 — "Brez besed" by Berta Ambrož *1969 — "Ljubi, ljubi, ljubi" by Eva Sršen *1970 — "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" by Eva Sršen *1972 — "Med iskrenimi ljudmi" by Majda Sepe *1978 — "Ribič, ribič me je ujel" by Majda Sepe *1978 — Bojan the Bear (cartoon instrumental theme)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.slovenskenovice.si/kolumne/kolumna-dejana-vodovnika-bojan-142687|title=Kolumna Dejana Vodovnika: Bojan|first=Dejan|last=Vodovnik|date=January 24, 2019|website=www.slovenskenovice.si}}</ref>
==Brez besed vs. Eres tú plagiarism== Eres tú, the Spanish entry in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, has been accused of being a plagiarism of the Slovenian song "Brez besed" performed by Berta Ambrož and representing Yugoslavia at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest. Brez Besed was written by Sepe himself and lyricist Elza Budau, both Slovenians. However, Sepe and Budau never officially complained or filed a lawsuit against Eres Tú composer Juan Carlos Calderón, and therefore nothing further happened.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r55l47uwbAU|title=Brez besed by Berta Ambrož at Eurovision 1966|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slovenskenovice.si/bulvar/glasba-in-film/evrovizijski-skandal-v-katerega-je-bila-vpletena-slovenka-184930|title=Evrovizijski škandal, v katerega je bila vpletena Slovenka |publisher=Slovenske novice|language=sl|accessdate=19 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songswithearlierhistories.com/eres-tu/|title=Songs with earlier history|date=25 April 2016|publisher=songswithearlierhistories.com|accessdate=11 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5448543|title=Ein bisschen plagiarism?|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|date=19 February 2013|publisher=sverigesradio.se|accessdate=19 February 2013}}</ref>
== Eurovision == Sepe represented Yugoslavia two times as composer.<ref name="auto"/> {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" border-collapse:collapse;" text-align:center;" ! width=40|Year ! width=160|Song ! width=120|Artist ! width=120|Lyricist ! width=40|Place |- align=center | bgcolor=#EBEBEB align=center|{{center|{{Escyr|1966}}}} | "Brez besed" || Berta Ambrož || Elza Budau || align=center|7th |- align=center | bgcolor=#EBEBEB align=center|{{center|{{Escyr|1970}}}} | "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" || Eva Sršen || Dušan Velkaverh || align=center|11th |} Sepe conducted both his compositions in the Eurovision Song Contest. Additionally, he was the conductor for the Slovenian entries in 1997 and 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andtheconductoris.eu/|title=And the conductor is...|...a website dedicated to all conductors of the Eurovision Song Contest|website=www.andtheconductoris.eu}}</ref> He was also the Slovenian jury member in the 1993 Eurovision pre-selection.
==Personal life and death== Since 1956, Sepe was married to Majda Sepe, a famous Slovenian singer, for whom he also wrote music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/glasba/poslovil-se-je-mojzes-umrl-skladatelj-in-dirigent-mojmir-sepe/546902|title=Poslovil se je Mojzes: umrl skladatelj in dirigent Mojmir Sepe|website=RTVSLO.si}}</ref> Film director {{ill|Polona Sepe|sl}} was born to them in 1957.
Sepe died on 24 December 2020, at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.24ur.com/popin/domaca-scena/umrl-je-skladatelj-in-dirigent-mojmir-sepe.html|title=Umrl je skladatelj in dirigent Mojmir Sepe|website=www.24ur.com}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|50em}}
==External links== *[http://www.dss.si/sepe-mojmir.html Slovenian Composers Society] dss.si * {{Discogs artist|Mojmir Sepe}}
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