Otto Albert Tichý
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Otto Albert Tichý was a Czech composer
, teacher and organist.
, Moravia
, in a typical family of a provincial teacher and Catholic
persuasion. He had studied different instruments and playing organ too from his early age. He decided to be a musician, he composed his early compositions just when he was a boy. He became a devoted student of Vítězslav Novák
at the Prague Conservatory
. But early after he started his study, he decided due to his own inner strggle to interrupt it and for nine years he works at the most spiritual publisher's of this time, Josef Florian
Tichý works there for his idealism only for dwelling and feed. This life he survive until 1919, when, hasted his longing of music, started his study like a pupil of a great French
composer
and teacher Vincent d'Indy
at the Schola Cantorum
. At this prestigious school Tichý meets a lot of musical inspiration studying organ, Gregorian chant, and composition directly by Vicent d'Indy. Tichý respected his teacher very much. In next years studyied Tichý contrapunt and concord as well. At Schola Cantorum
he obtained the occasion to meet music from 16th to 18th century in practice and the vocal polyphony too. After he successfully finished his study, he lived on like a private music teacher and organist. He spent six years in France
and after his marriage he found with his family a good place for living in Lausanne, where he worked as organist in the cathedral Notre Dame and as professor of music at Dominican gymnasium. In Switzerland spent Tichý the most successful ten years of his life. In 1936 he had by serious personal reason to leave loved country for returning home. Only after next ten years he became an established person, when he obtained except the engagement of choirmaster and organist at st. Vitus cathedral in Prague and employment as a teacher at Prague Conservatory
as well. He taught choir singing, Gregorian chant, improvisation, organ accompaniment, conducting, Latin, French. Only a few time for teaching organ paying rested him for several pupils. During communist empire has Tichý a lot of problems, but he stayed at Prague Conservatory as a teacher thank to Conservatory then director Václav Holzknecht and thanks to Tichý's own wide knowledges and skills especially in languages and music for long twenty years. Otto Albert Tichý left Prague Conservatory in the age of 75. He also finished his work as the organist at st. Vitus cathedral in Prague. But until the end of his life he continually wrote the music and translated books without any hope for edition. Otto Albert Tichý died in the age of 83 at the end of his orderly visit on Holy mass in st. Vitus cathedral, closely to his organ-loft.
Few of Otto Albert Tichý's works are performed regularly today. His best known pieces are probably the Missa festival in honorem Sti Alberti Magni, Missa pastoralis in honorem Jesu Infantis in Praga or A Notre-Dame du Chene , and Tantum ergo sacramentum, and Ave Maria, and some other vocal comopsitions and very nice compositions for small chamber brass or string ansambles.
Among Otto Albert Tichý's other works are other orchestral music, chamber music
, piano music and songs.
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...
, teacher and organist.
Life
Otto Albert Tichý was born in MartínkovMartínkov
Martínkov is a village and municipality in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 268 ....
, Moravia
Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
, in a typical family of a provincial teacher and Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
persuasion. He had studied different instruments and playing organ too from his early age. He decided to be a musician, he composed his early compositions just when he was a boy. He became a devoted 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...
at the Prague Conservatory
Prague Conservatory
Prague Conservatory, sometimes also Prague Conservatoire, in Czech Pražská konzervatoř, is a Czech secondary school in Prague dedicated to teaching the arts of music and theater acting.- Instruction :...
. But early after he started his study, he decided due to his own inner strggle to interrupt it and for nine years he works at the most spiritual publisher's of this time, Josef Florian
Josef Florian
Josef Florian was a Czech book publisher and translator.He was famous for the high quality of books he published in his small publishing company in Stará Říše...
Tichý works there for his idealism only for dwelling and feed. This life he survive until 1919, when, hasted his longing of music, started his study like a pupil of a great French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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...
and teacher Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy
Vincent d'Indy was a French composer and teacher.-Life:Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age from his paternal grandmother, who passed him on to Antoine François Marmontel and...
at the Schola Cantorum
Schola Cantorum
The Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private music school in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera...
. At this prestigious school Tichý meets a lot of musical inspiration studying organ, Gregorian chant, and composition directly by Vicent d'Indy. Tichý respected his teacher very much. In next years studyied Tichý contrapunt and concord as well. At Schola Cantorum
Schola Cantorum
The Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private music school in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera...
he obtained the occasion to meet music from 16th to 18th century in practice and the vocal polyphony too. After he successfully finished his study, he lived on like a private music teacher and organist. He spent six years in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and after his marriage he found with his family a good place for living in Lausanne, where he worked as organist in the cathedral Notre Dame and as professor of music at Dominican gymnasium. In Switzerland spent Tichý the most successful ten years of his life. In 1936 he had by serious personal reason to leave loved country for returning home. Only after next ten years he became an established person, when he obtained except the engagement of choirmaster and organist at st. Vitus cathedral in Prague and employment as a teacher at Prague Conservatory
Prague Conservatory
Prague Conservatory, sometimes also Prague Conservatoire, in Czech Pražská konzervatoř, is a Czech secondary school in Prague dedicated to teaching the arts of music and theater acting.- Instruction :...
as well. He taught choir singing, Gregorian chant, improvisation, organ accompaniment, conducting, Latin, French. Only a few time for teaching organ paying rested him for several pupils. During communist empire has Tichý a lot of problems, but he stayed at Prague Conservatory as a teacher thank to Conservatory then director Václav Holzknecht and thanks to Tichý's own wide knowledges and skills especially in languages and music for long twenty years. Otto Albert Tichý left Prague Conservatory in the age of 75. He also finished his work as the organist at st. Vitus cathedral in Prague. But until the end of his life he continually wrote the music and translated books without any hope for edition. Otto Albert Tichý died in the age of 83 at the end of his orderly visit on Holy mass in st. Vitus cathedral, closely to his organ-loft.
Few of Otto Albert Tichý's works are performed regularly today. His best known pieces are probably the Missa festival in honorem Sti Alberti Magni, Missa pastoralis in honorem Jesu Infantis in Praga or A Notre-Dame du Chene , and Tantum ergo sacramentum, and Ave Maria, and some other vocal comopsitions and very nice compositions for small chamber brass or string ansambles.
Among Otto Albert Tichý's other works are other orchestral music, chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
, piano music and songs.
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