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Czech violist and music educator (1896–1962)
František Brož (10 April 1896 in
Prague – 21 July 1962 in Prague) was a
Czech
violist ,
composer ,
conductor and music educator.
Biography
Brož studied
violin at the
Prague Conservatory with Jindřich Baštař. He later studied composition with
Josef Bohuslav Foerster and
Vítězslav Novák , and conducting under
Otakar Ostrčil and
Václav Talich . He played viola in the
Czech Philharmonic
[1] as well as orchestras in
Vienna and
Istanbul , and was choirmaster of various choral societies in Prague.
For several years Brož was active in
Hranice in
Moravia conducting the symphony orchestra and choir. He returned to Prague in 1940 where he taught music and conducted the Studio Opera Company. From 1945, Brož taught
music theory at the Prague Conservatory, and was also a lecturer at the
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague from 1947 to 1950.
[1]
Brož's compositions include a
ballet , music for orchestra, chamber music, as well as songs and choral works. In 1948 he published a book on
basso continuo and
figured bass
musical notation .
Selected works
Stage
Pokušení sv. Antonína (The Temptation of St. Anthony), Ballet-Pantomime, Op. 7 (1934, première in
Ostrava 1937)
Orchestral
Bohatýnská tryzna , Preludium a dvojitá fuga (In Commemoration of Heroes), Prelude and Double-fugue, Op. 23 (1954)
Orchestrální variace (Orchestral Variations), Op. 7
Orchestrální suita (Orchestral Suite), Op. 10 (1937)
Petr Vok , Symphonic Poem
Sinfonia , Op. 22 (1953)
Concertante
Chromatické variace (Chromatic Variations) for accordion and orchestra (1956)
Chamber music
Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 1 (1923)
String Quartet No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 (1928)
Woodwind Quintet, Op. 15 (1944)
Suite for violin, Op. 17 (1945)
Jarní sonáta (Spring Sonata) for viola and piano, Op.18 (1946)
Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 25 (1957)
String Quartet No. 2 (1960)
Piano Trio for violin, cello and piano
Preludium a variace (Prelude and Variations) for violin solo
Organ
Fantasie a fuga (Fantasy and Fugue), Op. 20 (1948)
Piano
Prostá hudba (Plain Music), Op. 4 (1925)
Tři capriccia (3 Capriccios), Op. 12 (1936)
Vocal
Lidové pisně s průvodem klavíru (Folk Songs with Piano Accompaniment) (1961)
Boží zahrada (God's Garden), Cycle of 4 Songs for voice and piano
The Skylark for
coloratura soprano and orchestra
Choral
Vigilie (The Vigils), Cantata da camera for chorus and orchestra, Op. 5 (1928); words by
Otokar Březina
Tři milostné písně (3 Love Songs), Op. 16
Tři písně (3 Songs) for children's chorus, 3 violins and piano
Literature
Generálbas a continuo (Generalbass and Continuo) (1948)
Sources
Gardavský, Čeněk (editor), Contemporary Czechoslovak Composers , Panton, Prague (1965), pages 71–72.
References
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b Gardavský, Čeněk (1965), Contemporary Czechoslovak Composers , Prague: Panton, pp. 71–72
International National Artists