Jan Tausinger
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Jan Tausinger was a Romania
-born ethnic Czech violist
, conductor
and composer
.
as a pupil of Dimitrie Cuclin
and Mihail Jora
. Later, he continued his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Pavel Bořkovec
and Alois Hába
. From 1948 to 1952 he studies also conducting with Metod Doležil and Karel Ančerl
.
Wind ensemble
Concertante
Chamber music
Piano
Vocal
Choral
Film scores
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
-born ethnic Czech violist
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
, conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Biography
Tausinger studied composition at the Bucharest ConservatoryNational University of Music Bucharest
The National University of Music Bucharest is a university-level school of music located in Bucharest, Romania. Established as a school of music in 1863 and reorganized as an academy in 1931, it has functioned as a public university since 2001...
as a pupil of Dimitrie Cuclin
Dimitrie Cuclin
Dimitrie Cuclin was a Romanian classical music composer, musicologist, philosopher, translator, and writer.-Early life:Dimitrie Cuclin was born in the city of Galaţi, a port on the left shore of the Danube. His father was an immigrant from czarist Bessarabia, from the village of Cucleni, near the...
and Mihail Jora
Mihail Jora
Mihail Jora was a Romanian composer, pianist, and conductor.Jora studied in Leipzig with Robert Teichmüller. From 1929 to 1962 he was a professor at the conservatoire of Bucharest. He worked 1928 to 1933 as a director/conductor of the Broadcasting Orchestra in Bucharest...
. Later, he continued his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Pavel Bořkovec
Pavel Borkovec
Pavel Bořkovec was a Czech composer and music teacher.Bořkovec studied at the Prague Conservatory under Josef Suk. From 1946 to 1967 he taught at the Academy of Musical Arts in Prague. His students there included Pavel Blatný, Jiří Pauer, Vladimír Sommer, Petr Eben, Jan Klusák and Jan Truhlář...
and Alois Hába
Alois Hába
Alois Hába was a Czech composer, musical theorist and teacher. He is primarily known for his microtonal compositions, especially using the quarter tone scale, though he used others such as sixth-tones and twelfth-tones....
. From 1948 to 1952 he studies also conducting with Metod Doležil and Karel Ančerl
Karel Ancerl
Karel Ančerl , was a Czech conductor, known for his performances of contemporary music and for his interpretations of music by Czech composers...
.
Selected works
Orchestral- Symphony No. 1 "Liberation" (1952)
- Confrontazione I., II. (1964)
- Confrontazione III. for string quartet and orchestra (1965)
- Musica evolutiva for chamber orchestra (1970)
- Setkání ve svobodném máji (1975)
- Sinfonia slovacca (1978–1979)
- Promiňte, Mistře..., Little Rondo
Wind ensemble
- Naše klarinety (Our Clarinets), Fantasy-Polka for wind ensemble (1962)
- Preludium – Sarabanda – Postludium for wind ensemble, harp, piano and percussion (1967)
Concertante
- Concert for violin and orchestra (1962–1963)
- Concertino-meditazione for viola and chamber orchestra (1965)
- Improvisations "Hommage à J. S. Bach" for piano and orchestra (1970)
Chamber music
- Sonata for violin and piano (1953–1954)
- Partita for viola and piano (1954)
- Le Avventure di un flauto e un'arpa (The Adventures of a Flute and a Harp), Duo Breve for flute and harp (1965)
- Sonatina emancipata for trumpet and piano (1968)
- Hommage à Ladislav ČernýLadislav ČernýLadislav Černý was a Czech violist and teacher.- Biography :Černý studied violin at the Prague Conservatory with Ferdinand Lachner and Jindřich Bastař, and chamber music with František Spilka...
for viola and piano (1971) - On rêvient toujours ..., Suite for violin and piano (1974)
- Comme il faut, Sonatina for oboe and piano (1974)
- ... Au dernière amour, Sonata-Suite for cello and piano (1974–1975)
- Sonata for clarinet and piano (1975)
- Two Essays for Due Boemi for bass clarinet and piano (1977)
- 4 Kusy (4 Pieces) for bassoon and piano (1977)
- Korelace (Correlation) for accordion (1978)
- Trio No. 1 for violin, viola and cello (1960)
- String Quartet No. 1 (1961)
- Trio No. 2 for violin, viola and cello (1964–1965)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1966)
- String Quartet No. 3 (1966)
- Colloquio (Colloquium) for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1968)
- Quintet for 2 trumpets, horn and 2 trombones (1968)
- Dva apostrofy (Two Apostrophes) for wind quintet (1968)
- Canto di speranza for violin, viola, cello and piano (1969)
- String Quartet No. 4 "Struktury" ("Structures") (1969)
- Hukvaldský nonet (HukvaldyHukvaldyHukvaldy is a village in the Czech Republic, in the Moravian-Silesian Region. Population: 1,900. It lies 150m below the ruins of the third largest castle in the Czech Republic, Hukvaldy Castle , and is the birthplace of the composer Leoš Janáček and palaeontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka.The castle...
Nonet) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1974) - Nerovnoramennost (Lopsidedness), Trio for flute, cello and piano (1974)
- 4 Evocations for flute, viola, cello and piano (1976)
- Nonet No. 2 "Črty" ("Sketches") for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1976)
- Nonet No. 3 "Reminiscences" for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1976)
- Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano (1974–1976)
- Interference for violin, horn and piano (1977)
- 7 Mikrochromofonií (7 Michrochromophonies) for clarinet, viola and piano (1977)
- Quatre nuances (4 Nuances) for flute, harp, violin, viola and cello (1978)
- Tři odstíny (3 Shades) for flute, harp, violin, viola and cello (1979)
- Collage for guitar
- Cyklus 9 skladbiček (Cycle of 9 Little Pieces) for 2 clarinets, 2 (or 3) trumpets, 2 trombones and percussion
- De rebus musicalibus for flute, bass clarinet, piano, harpsichord and vibraphone
- Etudy (Studies) for flute and cello
- Kruhy (Circles) for solo flute or flute and piano
Piano
- Sonata for piano (1948–1950)
- Ten Dodecaphonic Studies (10 Etud) (1972)
Vocal
- Zpěvy míru (Songs of Peace), 3 Folk Cantatas for voice and piano (1951)
- Láska (Love), Cycle of Songs to Japanese Quatrains for soprano and piano (1964)
- Čmáranice na nebi (Scribbling in the Sky), Song Cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble (1967); text by Velemir Khlebnikov
- Duetti compatibili "Nulový bod" (Zero Point) for soprano and viola (1971); poetry by Erik Lindgreen
- Ave Maria for soprano, narrator and orchestra (1972)
- Constellation, Song Cycle for soprano and piano (1975)
- Pražská domovní znamení (Prague House Signs), Song Cycle for soprano and piano (1976); text by Vítězslav NezvalVítezslav NezvalVítězslav Nezval was one of the most prolific avant-garde Czech writers in the first half of the twentieth century and a co-founder of the Surrealist movement in Czechoslovakia....
- Výchozí bod (Point of Departure) for soprano and 2 violins (1979–80); poetry by Erik Lindgreen
Choral
- Já budu vždycky věřit v máj (I Shall Always Believe in May) for female chorus (1959); text by Jan Noha
- Haló, voláme svět, Song for mixed chorus with accompaniment (1959); text by Erich Sojka
- Závrať (Dizziness) for mixed chorus and orchestra (1964)
- Správná věc (The Right Thing), Symphonic Picture for tenor solo, mixed chorus and orchestra (1966–1967)
- Houby (Mushrooms), Cycle for children's chorus, bass clarinet and tuba (or piano) (1971); poems by Josef Hanzlík
- Vyhlášení dobré mysli (Declaration of Good Cheer) for mixed chorus (1972); poems by D. Burlyuk
- Sinfonia bohemica for baritone, male chorus, harpsichord, trumpet and orchestra (1973–1975); texts from Jan Ámos Komenský, Julius FučíkJulius Fucíkthumb|Julius FucikJulius Fučík was a Czechoslovak journalist, an active member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia , and part of the forefront of the anti-Nazi resistance. He was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the Nazis.- Early life :Julius Fučík was born into a working-class family in...
and Jaroslav HeyrovskýJaroslav HeyrovskýJaroslav Heyrovský was a Czech chemist and inventor. Heyrovský was the inventor of the polarographic method, father of the electroanalytical method, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in 1959... - Labutí peříčko (The Swan's Little Feather), Song Cycle for children's chorus and chamber ensemble (1976)
- Oči milenek (Eyes of Lady Lovers) for female chorus (1977); poems by Vítězslav NezvalVítezslav NezvalVítězslav Nezval was one of the most prolific avant-garde Czech writers in the first half of the twentieth century and a co-founder of the Surrealist movement in Czechoslovakia....
- Vrh kostek (A Game of Dice) for mixed chorus a cappella (1979); verses by Stéphane MallarméStéphane MallarméStéphane Mallarmé , whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th century, such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Futurism.-Biography:Stéphane...
- Kantáta o komunistické straně for alto, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra
Film scores
- Borisek – malý serzhant (1976)