Jan Rychlík
Jan Rychlík (born April 27, 1916 in Prague ; † January 20, 1964 there ) was a Czech composer.
Life
Rychlík attended business school in Prague from 1933 to 1939. He then studied with Jaroslav Řídký at the conservatory until 1946 . During his studies he worked as an entertainment and jazz musician. Besides Jiří Kolář , he belonged to a circle of writers and artists and emerged as the author of his own literary texts and translator of the poems of Christian Morgenstern .
After the war he became known as a film music composer and the most important representative of Czech new music. In 1961 he was one of the founders of the ensemble for contemporary music Musica viva pragensis .
Works
- Partita for wind instruments
- Divertimento for three double basses
- String trio
- Partita for string quartet
- Partita for flute solo
- Trio for alto flute, cor anglais and bassoon
- African cycle for nine instruments
- Relazioni for three instruments
Filmography (selection)
- 1951: The Song of the Prairie (Árie prérie)
- 1951: Happy competition (Vesely souboj)
- 1951: In the penalty area (V trestném území)
- 1952: The Great Adventure (Velké dobrodruzství)
- 1954: Café on the main street (Kavárna na hlavní tríde)
- 1954: The circus is still playing (Cirkus bude)
- 1954: The good old days (Haskovy povidky ze stareho mocnarstvi)
- 1955: Music from Mars (Hudba z Marsu)
- 1956: Spejbl on the trail (Spejbl na stope)
- 1957: Everyone wants to live (Ztracenci)
- 1958: The Creation of the World (Stvoreni sveta)
- 1964: Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci)
- 1964: Lemonade Joe (Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera)
literature
- Karel Šrom: Bez Jana Rychlíka . In: Hudební rozhledy 17, 1964, ISSN 0018-6996 , p. 99.
- Vladimir Lébl: Čtyři vzpomínky na Jana Rychlíka . In: Hudební rozhledy 19, 1966, pp. 230-232.
- Karel Šrom: Jan Rychlík. Africký cyklus I-V . In: Hudební rozhledy 19, 1966, p. 54.
- Eduard Douša : Jan Rychík. From swing to experimental music . In: Music News from Prague 11-12, 1994, ISSN 0027-4410 , pp. 1-2.
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Jan Rychlík in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Works by and about Jan Rychlík in the catalog of the German National Library
- ARTA Records - biography
- answers.com - Jan Rychlík
- Jan Rychlík in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rychlík, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th January 1964 |
| Place of death | Prague |