There is an overview of important Czech artists. It could be sorted by name, or type.
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- ADÁMEK, Ondřej
Czech composer
- ADAMUS, Jan
český hobojista
- ÁGHOVÁ, Livia
Slovakian soprano from the Hungarian family
- ANČERL, Karel
Czech conductor
- ARDAŠEV, Igor
Czech pianist
- BAKALA, Břetislav
Czech conductor, pianist and composer
- BĚLOHLÁVEK, Jiří
Czech conductor
- BEŇAČKOVÁ, Gabriela
Slovakian soprano
- BENDA, František
Bohemian composer, conductor, distinguish representative of the Czech musical classicism
- BENDA, Jiří Antonín
Composer and conductor of Czech origin
- BERG, Josef
composer and writer
- BERMAN, Karel
Czech bass singer, opera director, pedagogue, translater of librettos
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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