Iša Krejčí (born in Prague on July 10, 1904 - died in Prague on March 6, 1968) was a Czech Neoclassicist composer and conductor. Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures He studied history and musicology at Charles University and concurrently piano playing with A. Charles University in Prague (also simply Charles University; Univerzita Karlova v Praze Universitas Carolina Karls-Universität zu Prag is the oldest and largest Šíma and composition at the Prague Conservatory with Karel Boleslav Jirák and Vítězslav Novák and conducting with Václav Talich. Prague Conservatory, sometimes also Prague Conservatoire, in Czech Pražská konzervatoř, is a Czech secondary school in Prague dedicated Karel Boleslav Jirák (Karel Bohuslav Jirák (* January 28, 1891 in Prague, Bohemia - † January 30 1972 in Chicago Vítězslav Novák ( December 5, 1870 &ndash July 18, 1949) was one of the most well-respected Czech Composers and pedagogues WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Václav Talich (ˈvatslaf ˈtalɪx ( May 28, 1883 He worked for the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava in 1928, Czech Radio in 1934, Olomouc Opera in 1945, and Prague National Theatre in 1958. The Slovak National Theatre (Slovenské národné divadlo denotes the oldest Slovak professional theatre consisting of 3 ensembles ( Opera, Ballet ARTICLE TEXT BEGINS AFTER THESE COMMENTS - PLEASE READ 1 Please do not edit the lead without reading Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Český rozhlas is the publicly funded radio broadcaster in the Czech Republic. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Olomouc (ˈolomoʊ̯ts ( local Haná dialect Olomóc or Holomóc, German Olmütz, Polish Ołomuniec, Latin Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He wrote the operas Antigona (after Sophocles, 1934) and Revolt in Ephesus ("Pozdvižení v Efesu", after Shakespeare, 1943) as well as four famous symphonies. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Sophocles (ˈsɒfəkliːz Ancient Greek, sopʰoklɛ̂ːs circa Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Shakespeare ( baptised Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A symphony is a Musical composition, often extended and usually for Orchestra.
SELECTED WORKS
Stage Works * Small Ballet, to the theme of "Pantomime" by Vitezslav Nezval, also as a composition for chamber orchestra (1926) * An Uproar in Efes. Opera bouffe to the libretto by Jasef ßachtk based on Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors (1939 - 43) * Antigone. A cantata for the stage after the tragedy by Sophocles (1933, rewritten 1959 - 62) * Darkness. Operatic scenes based on Alois Jirasek s novel of the same title (1944, instrumentation 1951- 52)
Orchestral music
* Symphonietta - divertimento (1929)
* Suite from a comic opera (1933)
* Suite for Orchestra (1939 - 40)
* 20 Variations on the Composer s Own Theme in the Style of a Folk Song (1946 - 47)
* 14 Variantions on the Song (Good - Night Called)
* There Is None Other Like My Deceased Spouse (1951-52)
* Serenade for Orchestra (1948 - 50)
* Symphony No 1 in D (1954 - 55)
* Symphony No 2 in C sharp (1956 - 57)
* Symphony No 3 in D (1961- 63)
* Symphony No 4 (1966)
* Minor Suite for Strings
* Vivat Rossini. A concertante overture
Concertante music
* Concertino for Piano with an Accompamment of Wind Instruments (1935)
* Concertino for Violin with an Accompaniment of Wind Instruments (1936)
* Cocencertino for Violoncello and Orchestra (1939 -40)
Chamber music
* Divertimento (Cassation) for Flute, Clarinet,Trumpet and Bassoon (1925)
* Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano (1929 - 30)
* Trio - Divertimento for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon (1935)
* Trio for Clarinet, Double Bass and Piano (1936)
* Little Funeral Music for Alto, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass and Piano to Texts of the Psalms and F. Halas' Poem "Old Women" (1933, rewritten 1936)
* Divertimento for Nonet (1937)
* Tre scherzini for pianoforte (1953), according to the original arrangement of the composition for flute and piano from the year 1945
* String Quartet No 2 in D - minor (1953)
* String Quartet No 3 "In My Father's Memory" (1960)
* Sonatina concertante for violoncello and pianoforte (1961)
* Wind Quintet (1964)
* Trio for Violin, Violoncello and Piano with a song for a female voice to the text of a Psalm
* Four Encore Pieces for Violin and Piano (1966)
* String Quartet No 4 (1966)
* String Quartet No 5 (1967)
Songs
* Five Songs to Texts by Vitezslav Nezval ( 1926 - 27)
* Six Songs to Texts by Jan Neruda for Baritone and Piano or Orchestra (1931)
* Imitations of Czech Songs for Tenor and Wind Quintet to Words by F. L. Celakovsky (1936)
* Motives from Antiquity, for a lower male voice and orchestra or piano (1936, arrangement and instrumentation, 1947)
* Five Songs to Texts by J. A Komensky for Singing and Piano (1938)
* Four Songs to Texts by Jan Neruda for a middle male voice (1939 - 40)
Choral compositions
* The Song of the Multitudes. A fugue for a mixed choir and large orchestra to a text by Josef Hora (1925, instrumentation 1948)
* Four Madrigals to Words by K. H. Macha for a smaller mixed choir, tenor solo and piano (1936)
* From the Region of Bagpipers. A bouquet of songs after melodies of songs for soprano, tenor, baritone and large orchestra, collected by Karel Weis (1939)
* Sacred Carols Sung During Christmas-time, for a children's or mixed choir with orchestra and organ (1939)
* Military Songs from the Zahoracko District, for a male choir unisono, tenor and soprano solo with orchestra (1950)
* Four Male Choirs in the Traditional Style to Words by Czech Poets (1966 - 67)
Reference: http://www.musica.cz/comp/krejci.htm
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