Klement Slavický was a Czech

Czech people

Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries...

 composer.

Biography

Slavicky studied under Karel Boleslav Jirák

Karel Boleslav Jirák

Karel Boleslav Jirák was a Czechoslovak composer and conductor....

 and Josef Suk

Josef Suk (composer)

Josef Suk was a Czech composer and violinist.- Life :Suk was born in Křečovice. He studied at Prague Conservatory from 1885 to 1892, where he was a pupil of Antonín Dvořák and Antonín Bennewitz. In 1898, he married Dvořák's eldest daughter, Otilie Dvořáková , affectionately known as Otilka...

. He was inspired by Moravian folk music and the works of Leoš Janáček

Leoš Janácek

Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and all Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style. Until 1895 he devoted himself mainly to folkloristic research and his early musical output was influenced by...

. The best-known of his works are the double chorus Lidice, Rapsodické variace pro orchestr (Rhapsodic Variations for an Orchestra), the sonata Přátelství (Friendship) for a violin and piano, the dramatic fresco

Fresco

Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...

 Cesta ke světlu (The Way Toward the Light), and Symfonietta IV, Pax hominibus in universo orbi, which was dedicated by Slavický to the United Nations

United Nations

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for the 40th anniversary of its birth. There is also a song-cycle Oh, My Heart So Wretched, which sets 5 Slovak folk poems and which has recently (2010) been recorded by the soprano Marie Fajtova.

Selected works

• Moravian Dance Fantasias for orchestra (1951)
• Rhapsodic Variations for orchestra (1953)
• Rapsodie for Solo Viola (1987)

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