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Bohuslav Jan Martinů ( Czech: [ˈboɦuslaf ˈmarcɪnuː] ⓘ; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. He became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and briefly ...
Mar 26, 2024 · Bohuslav Martinů (born December 8, 1890, Polička, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died August 28, 1959, Liestal, Switzerland) was a modern Czech composer whose works exhibit a distinctive blend of French and Czech influences. Martinů studied violin from age six, attended and was expelled from the Prague Conservatory, and ...
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Bohuslav Jan Martinů (8. prosince 1890 Polička – 28. srpna 1959 Liestal, Švýcarsko) byl český hudební skladatel klasické hudby. Vedle Bedřicha Smetany , Antonína Dvořáka a Leoše Janáčka patří mezi nejhranější české autory.
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Bohuslav Martinů is one of Czechia’s top composers. Several influences are reflected in his work, from the French Impressionism of his youth, through American jazz to Czech and Moravian folk songs. He was born in what is now Czechia but spent most of his productive life in France and the United States. Yet he always liked to return to his Czech roots.
Bohuslav Martinů: cosmopolitan dreamer, Czech master symphonist, and man of many musical forms
Bohuslav Martinů. Martinů, considered at the time to be greatest living Czech composer, was as admired in Cleveland as he was throughout midcentury America. Reviewers and audiences alike praised him for his synthesis of lush, Romantic orchestrations with rhythmic, Bartókian Modernism. He lived in New York from 1941-1953, and maintained major ...
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