PT Journal AU Hudakova, J SO Aura musica PY 2017 BP 24 EP 29 VL 10 IS 1 DE music composer; Slovak music modern; composing creation; awards AB Milan Novak belongs among the representatives of the Slovak musical modern. In addition to a number of awards, titles such as National Artist, Knight of International Culture, and so on. Although he celebrated his 90th birthday in 2017, he is still a very active composer. His compositional work is very wide and inventive, ranging from small instrumental compositions and folklore adaptations to scenic, choral, song, musical-dance scenes to larger scenic-dramatic formations. ER