Emil Hlobil

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Emil Hlobil

Emil Hlobil (born October 11, 1901 in Veselí nad Lužnicí , † January 25, 1987 in Prague ) was a Czech composer and music teacher.

Hlobil studied from 1924 to 1930 with Jaroslav Křička and Josef Suk at the Prague Conservatory , where he taught himself from 1941 to 1958. Then he was a teacher at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague . His numerous students included Jiří Kalach , Milan Kymlička , Zdeněk Šesták , Milan Iglo , Luboš Fišer , Otomar Kvěch , Jan Bůžek , Ivana Loudová , Zuzana Růžičková , Viktor Kalabis and Jindřich Feld .

In addition to three operas and a ballet, Hlobil composed symphonies, instrumental concerts and other orchestral works, chamber music, vocal works, piano and organ pieces.

Stage works

  • Anna Karenina (own libretto based on the dramatization of the novel by Leo Tolstoy by Nikolai Volkov ), opera, 1962
  • Měšťák šlechticem (own libretto based on Molières Le Bourgeois gentilhomme ), opera, 1967
  • Kráska a zvíře ( Beauty and the Beast ; Libretto by Milan Fridrich after František Hrubín ), Ballet, 1976
  • Král Václav IV ( King Wenceslaus IV ; own libretto based on Arnošt Dvořák ), opera, 1981

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personal data
SURNAME Hlobil, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Veselí nad Lužnicí
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1987
Place of death Prague