Dezider Kardoš was Slovak

Slovaks

The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...

 composer, one of the main representatives of modern Slovak classical music

Classical music

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. He was awarded the title National Artist in 1975, in 2006 was matriculated into the Gold Book of the Slovak Performing and Mechanical Rights Society (SOZA).

Life

After finishing the high school (1933), he studied at the Music and Drama Academy where he attended courses of composition of Alexander Moyzes

Alexander Moyzes

Alexander Moyzes , was a Slovak 20th century neoromantic composer.-Biography:Moyzes was born into a musical family in 1906 at Kláštor pod Znievom in present Slovakia. His father was the composer and educator Mikuláš Moyzes...

 and at the same time attended the lectures in musicology, aesthetics and arts history at the Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University

Comenius University in Bratislava

Comenius University in Bratislava is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th century Czech teacher and philosopher.In 2006, Comenius...

. Kardoš graduated in 1937 and resumed his studies Master's School of the Prague Conservatory

Prague Conservatory

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 up to 1939, where he was a student of Vítězslav Novák

Vítezslav Novák

Vítězslav Novák was one of the most well-respected Czech composers and pedagogues, almost singlehandedly founding a mid-century Czech school of composition...

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From 1939 to 1945 he was head of the Slovak Radio Music Department in Prešov, from 1945 to 1951 head of the Czechoslovak Radio Music Department in Košice and since 1951 in Bratislava. In 1952 he became the first director of the Slovak Philharmonic. In the years 1955–1963 he was the president of the Slovak Composers Union. Kardoš was also a successful tutor of composition, from 1961 to 1984 he taught at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava is a university founded on June 9, 1949.The university consists of three faculties:*Theatre Faculty...

 (since 1968 as professor of composition).

Orchestral Compositions

• The Concert for Piano and Orchestra no. 2, op. posth. (finished and revised by Vladimír Bokes in 1994)
• Philharmony Concert op. 57 (1990)
• Symfonietta op. 55 (1957)
• Bratislava Overture (Bratislavská predohra) op. 52 (1981)
• The Concert for Violin and Orchestra op. 51 (1980)
• Sinfonietta domestica op. 50 (1979)
• Slovakophony. Cycle of symphonic variations on the goral theme op. 46 (1976)
• Symphony no. 6 op. 45 (1974)
• Partita for Twelve String Instruments op. 43 (1972)
• Res philharmonica op. 41 (1971)
• The Concert for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 op. 40 (1969)
• Symphony no. 5 op. 37 (1964)
• The Concert for Stringed Instruments op. 35 (1963)
• Symphony no. 4 'Piccola' op. 34 (1962)
• Symphony no. 3 (1961)
• Heroic Ballad (Hrdinská balada) (1959)
• The Concert for Orchestra op. 30 (1957)
• Symphony no. 2‚ 'O rodnej zemi' ('On Native Heath') op. 28 (1955)
• Two Dance Scenes for SĽUK op. 24 (1952)
• Easternslovak Overture (Východoslovenská predohra) op. 22 (1951)
• Easternslovak Dance Scenes (Východoslovenské tanečné scény) op. 20 (1949)
• The Overture for Symphonic Orchestra (Predohra pre symfonický orchester) op. 16 (1947)
• Symphonic Overture quasi Phantasy 'Moja rodná' ('My Native') op. 14 (1946, rev. 1985)
• Symphony no. 1 op. 10 (1942)
• Allegro sinfonico (Finale) op. 4 (1937)

Works for solo voice(s) or speaker, choir, and orchestra

• Symphony no. 7 op. 53 (1984)
• Hymn of a Free Young (Hymna slobodnej mládeže) (1956)
• Greeting to a Great Country (Pozdrav veľkej zemi) op. 25 (1953)
• Údernícka (1951)
• Song of a Happy Children (Pieseň šťastných detí) (1951)
• Peace Cantata (Mierová kantáta) op. 21b (1950)

Chamber works instrumental

• String Quartet no. 5 op. 58 (1991)
• String Quartet no. 4 op. 54 (1985)
• Musica rustica slovaca (1979)
• String Quartet no. 3 op. 49 (1978)
• The Concert for Quintet of Wind-instruments op. 47 (1977)
• String Quartet no. 2 op. 38 (1966)
• Quintet for Five Wind-Instruments op.6 (1938, rev. 1978)
• String Quartet no. 1 op. 3 (1936)

Chamber works instrumental – solo

• Partita for Solo Violin op. 56 (1988)
• Elevazioni per organo da concerte op. 39a (1968)
• Praeludium quasi una fantasia (1960)
• Piano Compositions for Young op. 27 (1956)
• Studies for Piano op. 15 (1947)
• Piano Suite no. 2 op. 5 (1937)
• Piano Suite no. 1 op. 1 (1934)
• Two Compositions for Piano (1933)

Chamber works – instruments and voices

• Songs of Life (Spevy o živote) op. 44 (1973)
• Song about Love (Piesne o láske) op. 2 (1935, rev. 1966)

Chamber instrumental with voices – voice with piano accompaniment

• Let's Help the Worbler (Pomôžeme slávikovi). Songs for Children op. 31a (1958)

Folklore adaptations

• Amatory and Maiden Pieces from Eastern Slovakia (Ľúbostné a dievčenské hry z východného Slovenska) (1977)
• Three Easternslovak Impressions (Tri východoslovenské impresie) op. 42c (1973)
• Three Songs from Zemplín (Tri spevy zo Zemplína) op. 42a (1972)
• Three Old Songs from Eastern Slovakia (Tri staré piesne z východného Slovenska) op. 42b (1971)
• Two Songs from Eastern Slovakia (Dve piesne z východného Slovenska) op. 36b (1964)
• Two Easternslovak Songs (Dve východoslovenské piesne) op. 31b (1961)
• Či ma tu pobočkáš op. 29a (1957)
• Ľecela páva op. 29a (1957)
• Na Prešporku, Dunaju op. 29a (1957)
• Morena (1952)
• Easterslovak Songs (Východoslovenské spevy) (Šesť slovenských ľudových piesní) op. 21a (1950)
• Partizánska a Čapajevská op. 19 (1949)
• Easterslovak Songs (Východoslovenské spevy) op. 17 (1948)
• Easterslovak Songs and Dances (Východoslovenské spevy a tance) op. 19a (1948)
• Easterslovak Carols (Východoslovenské koledy) (Východoslovenské vianočné spevy) op. 13b (1945)
• Valalské spevy op. 12 (1944)
• V Zemplíne spievajú op. 9 (1940)
• Song from Eastern Slovakia (Spevy východného Slovenska) (Východoslovenské ľudové spevy) op. 8 (1939)
• Four Slovak Folk Songs (Štyri slovenské ľudové piesne) op. 7 (1938)
• Four Slovak Forest Robber Songs (Štyri zbojnícke slovenské piesne) (Slovenské zbojnícke piesne) (1937)

Choral

• Októbrové poémy op. 48 (1977)
• Pozdrav op. 31/c (1961)
• Nech žije 1. Máj (1952)
• Zem moja rodná op. 19b (1949)
• Dva mužské sbory (1940)
• Spev o láske op. 39b (1967)
• Cyklus detských sborov (1937)

Sound track

• Uprising in Martin (Povstanie v Martine) (1954)
• The Rainbow over Slovakia (Dúha nad Slovenskom) op. 23 (1952) Director: V. Bahna
• Shine (Svit) op. 11 (1943)
• Synthetic Fibres (Umelé vlákna) (1943), Director: P. Bielik

See also

• The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time
  The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time
  The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time is a list of the best album releases issued by Slovak recording artists. As the first such list presented in Slovakia, it was published by Nový čas daily on September 22, 2007....