composer music educator writer
He studied music at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana where he graduated in 1952.
He died in Ljubljana at the age of 79 years. Bitenc"s songs are known by more or less all pre-school and primary school children in Slovenia. Among the most known of his are Kuža pazi (Little Dog is Watching), Naša četica koraka (Our Little Squad is Marching), Zajček dolgoušček (Rabbit Long-Ears), Ringa raja, and others