František Černý (composer, 1861)
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František Černý (born January 23, 1861 in Pardubice , † September 3, 1940 in Prague ) was a Czech double bass player , composer and music teacher .
Live and act
František Černý studied from 1876 to 1882 with Vendelín Sládek at the Prague Conservatory and with Victor Frédéric Verrimst at the Paris Conservatory , where he was awarded second prize in the 1886 competition. He then played double bass with the Parisian orchestras Colonne and Lamoureux from 1884 to 1890 and played as solo double bass player in the orchestra of the National Theater in Prague from 1890 to 1900 .
Černý taught from 1900 to 1931 as a professor at the Prague Conservatory. Among his students were well-known personalities such as Rudolf Tulaček, František Hertl , Oldřich Šorejs and Karel Šejna. He wrote textbooks for double bass and composed several solo concerts and chamber music for this instrument .
Černý played a double bass made by the violin maker Grancino in 1693.
Works
Concerts for double bass
(with piano accompaniment)
- Concerto for double bass No. 1 op.20
- Concerto for double bass No. 2 in F sharp major
- Concerto for double bass No. 3
- Concerto for double bass No. 4
Concert pieces for double bass
(with piano accompaniment)
- Chant d´Amour
- Danse of the satyr
- Dumka
- Improvisations
- mazurka
- Nocturne and Intermesso (part of the Danse des Satyres )
- Rêverie
- suite
- Valse Fanstastique
Textbooks
- Modern double bass school (published in 1906 by Bosworth / London)
- 30 Études - Caprices (1923)
- Technical studies for double bass (1927)
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about František Černý (composer, 1861) in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- František Černý at Discogs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Černý, František (1861-1940) . In: Academic Bass Portal . January 23, 2015 ( academicbassportal.com [accessed October 22, 2018]).
- ^ Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved October 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Český hudební slovník. Retrieved October 22, 2018 (cs-cz).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Černý, František |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech double bass player, composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pardubice |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1940 |
| Place of death | Prague |