There is an overview of important Czech artists. It could be sorted by name, or type.
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- EBEN, Petr
Czech contemporary composer
- FALTUS, Leoš
český skladatel
- FIBICH, Zdeněk
Czech composer
- FIRKUŠNÝ, Rudolf
Czech pianist
- FIŠER, Luboš
Czech composer
- FOERSTER, Josef Bohuslav
composer and pedagogue
- FOERSTEROVÁ-LAUTEREROVÁ, Berta
Soprano
- FUKAČOVÁ, Michaela
Czech violoncellist living abroad
- GALLUS (Handl), Jacobus
Slovenian Composer
- GOTT, Karel
Czech pop singer, tenor
- HAAN, Richard
Slovakian baritone
- HAANOVÁ, Maria
Soprano
JOSEF BOHUSLAV FOERSTER
(* 30.12.1859 Prague + 29.5.1951 Vestec nr. Stará Boleslav)
Czech composer, teacher, writer.
He is an important member of the generation of Czech music composing between the wars. He studied at the Prague Organ School, 1882-8 he worked as an organist by the Church of St. Vojtěch, 1889-94 as a choirmaster by the Church of Panna Maria Sněžná, he was also a teacher of singing and a writer for the paper Národní listy. After his moving to Hamburg with his wife soprano Berta Lauterer, he worked as a music critic writer and piano teacher at the conservatory. In 1903 they moved to Vienna. Foerster taught at Vienna Conservatory and wrote for many music journals. As a composer, he was very popular for his choirs: Oráč (Ploughman), Velké širé rodné lány (Large Homelands), Polní cestou (On the Field Path), Z osudu rukou (From the Hands of Fate). From the year 1897 he became a member of Czech Academy of Sciences, in 1931-39 in the function of its president. He wrote also six operas (Eva, Debora, Jessika, Bloud/Heart, Naive Person, Nepřemožení). Eva (1897) opened the way to the Czech Realism. He wrote also many volumes of memories: Poutník (Pilgrim, 1929), Poutníkovy cesty (Pilgrim´s Ways, 1932), Poutník v Hamburku (Pilgrim in Hamburg, 1938), Poutník v cizině (Pilgrim abroad, 1947).
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