Jan Zdeněk Bartoš
Jan Zdeněk Bartoš (born June 4, 1908 in Dvůr Králové , † June 1, 1981 in Prague ) was a Bohemian composer .
Bartos learned to play the violin in Hradec Králové . With a small music ensemble, he hired the French cruise company Messageries Maritimes in Marseille and toured the entire Mediterranean, the Far East and other parts of the world. After his return to Prague he studied music with Otakar Šin and Jaroslav Křička .
From 1956 he worked at the Czech Ministry of Schools and Education as the director of an ensemble and taught composition and music theory at the Prague Conservatory .
He composed two operas ( Das verunschene Schloss , 1951 and Sturm auf den Himmel , 1955) and an operetta , four symphonies , chamber music, several cantatas , song cycles and theater music.
source
- Gracián Černušák, Bohumír Štědroň, Zdenko Nováček (eds.): Československý hudební slovník. Volume I: AL. Státní hudební vydavatelství, Prague 1963. (Czechoslovak Music Lexicon)
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Jan Zdeněk Bartoš in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Works by and about Jan Zdeněk Bartoš in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bartoš, Jan Zdeněk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | bohemian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dvůr Králové |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 1981 |