Jeroným Zajíček

Jeroným Zajíček (born November 10, 1926 in Krásné Březno ; † October 5, 2007 in Lyons / Illinois ) was an American composer of Czech origin.

After attending grammar school in Hradec Králové, Zajíček studied musicology with Josef Hutter at the Charles University in Prague from 1946 to 1949 , he also took private lessons in conducting and orchestration with Otakar Jeremiáš . In 1949 he left the country and worked from 1950 to 1952 for the Czech section of Radio Free Europe in Munich. From 1952 to 1955 he studied privately, then until 1960 at Roosevelt University in Chicago with Karel Boleslav Jirák , Paul Amadeus Pisk , Oswald Jonas and Rudolph Ganz . In 1958 he became an American citizen. From 1964 to 1996 he taught music theory, composition and conducting at Loop College in Chicago. As a composer he emerged with choral works, chamber music and orchestral works.

Works

Říkadla based on a text by Josef Václav Sládek (1954)
Z mého zápisníku. Prelude, Adagio and Polka (1955)
Variace for piano (1956)
Piano Trio (1957)
Sonáta for clarinet and piano (1957)
Sinfonietta for large orchestra (1958)
Sonáta for violin and piano (1961)
String Quartet , (1962–63)
Sonatina for flute, clarinet and bassoon (1966),
Concertino for flute and string orchestra (1963–64)
Intrada and Processionale for brass, organ and timpani (1970)
Cello Sonata (1975)
Pater noster for mixed choir, (1990)
Twenty Czech Carols (2000)
Twenty Moravian Carols for four-part children's choir (2002)

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personal data
SURNAME	Zajíček, Jeroným
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	November 10, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Krásné Březno
DATE OF DEATH	October 5, 2007
Place of death	Lyons (Illinois)