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| maintainer   = Nataša Kocjančič
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{{Infobox
| name                = Ipavec House
| localname           = Ipavčeva hiša
| address             = Zgornji trg 27
| town                = SI-3230 Šentjur 
| telephone           = 
| fax                 = 
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| website             = http://www.turizem-sentjur.com/Muzeji-in-galerija/Muzej-Ipavceva-hisa.html
| managed by          = Municipality of Šentjur
| opening hours       = 9am-3pm Mon-Fri and by appointment
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = 
| role                = Tourist Information Centre Šentjur
| address             = Ulica Skladateljev Ipavcev 17
| town                = SI-3230 Šentjur 
| email               = tic@turizem-sentjur.com
| telephone           = 386 (0) 3 749 2523, 386 (0) 41 660 091 
}}
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Built in [[established::1760]] the legendary house of the famous Ipavec family of doctors and composers is now a museum dedicated to the work of [[Benjamin Ipavec|Benjamin]] (1829&ndash;1908), his brother [[Gustav Ipavec|Gustav]] (1831&ndash;1908), and Gustav's son [[Josip Ipavec|Josip]] (1873&ndash;1921). Located in Šentjur, the [[Ipavec House]] contains an exhibition about the composers' lives and work, a wine cellar with selected wines, and a garden with an old lime tree decorated with a fountain made by architect [[Jože Plečnik]]. The house also has a wedding hall with a vine growing in the portal.
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The Ipavec composers left their mark on the Slovene music of the 19th and 20th century. [[Gustav Ipavec]] in mostly known for his national songs such as ''Slovenec sem'', ''Domovini'', ''Vse mine''. His brother [[Benjamin Ipavec]] wrote the first Slovene opera ''Teharski plemiči''. [[Josip Ipavec]] is the author of the first Slovene ballet, the pantomime ''Možiček'' (1901), as well as the operetta ''Princesa Vrtoglavka'' (1910).

==See also==
* [[Šentjur Public Library]]
* [[Municipality of Šentjur]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.turizem-sentjur.com/en/Cultural-heritage/Birthplace-of-Josip-Ipavec.html Ipavec House web page] 
* [http://www.turizem-sentjur.com/en/The-Ipavec-family_1.html About the Vipavec family]
* [http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Ipavec Benjamin Ipavec], [http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Ipavec Gustav Ipavec], and [http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_Ipavec Josip Ipavec] on Wikipedija (in Slovenian)
* [http://www.youtube.com/knjiznicasentjur Ipavci channel on YouTube]

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