[1][2][3] Dolar attended a Jesuit college in Ljubljana until 1639, when he began studying philosophy and later theology at the University of Vienna.
[4] Janez Krstnik Dolar was employed to oversee musical performance at the Jesuit college in Ljubljana from 1656 to 1658.
He became the head of St. Ignatius and St. Pancratius Jesuit college, and also served as the musical director for a convent church.
[4] Dolar's compositions are characteristic of European music from the middle of the Baroque period, including use of stile concertato.
[4] Dolar composed a number of large-scale instrumental and vocal works, many of them as part of his official duties.