František Hertl
František Hertl (born April 18, 1906 in Zbuchy near Pilsen , † December 23, 1973 in Prague ) was a Czech solo double bass player, composer and conductor .
Life
František Hertl studied double bass at the Prague Conservatory with František Černý . From 1929 to 1935 he played as principal double bass in the orchestra of the Czech Philharmonic under Václav Talich , with whom he also completed conducting studies. He also studied composition from 1933 to 1936 with Otakar Šín and Jaroslav Řídký at the Prague Conservatory.
From 1935 to 1950 he was a double bass player in the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Hertl also worked from 1936 to 1950 as a double bass player and artistic director in the Czech Nonet , an important chamber music ensemble.
In 1950 Hertl ended his career as an orchestral musician, turned to conducting and founded the Prague Chamber Orchestra (Pražský komorní orchestr) in 1950/51, of which he was artistic director. In addition, from 1950 to 1961 he directed the Brno Radio Orchestra (Brněnský rozhlasový orchestr) and was also the conductor of the Brno Variety Orchestra.
Hertl was also an internationally renowned and excellent teacher and taught from 1951 to 1973 at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts as a teacher of double bass, chamber music and conducting, and from 1954 to 1961 at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts and went in In the context of his educational work, he particularly deserves the improvement of the technical standard of the double bass playing.
Works
- "Method for double bass" and "20 studies for double bass"
- The sonata for double bass and piano, written in 1946, is still one of the most important repertoire works for double bass today
- Concerto for double bass and orchestra (1957)
Web links
- Literature by and about František Hertl in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- František Hertl at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ František Hertl - Contra Classics. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
- ^ František Černý
- ↑ Compare the information in the catalog of the German National Library
- ↑ Compare the information in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hertl, František |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech solo double bass player, composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zbuchy near Pilsen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd December 1973 |
| Place of death | Prague |