Karel Bělohoubek
Karel Bělohoubek (born December 29, 1942 in Žarošice ; Moravia ; † December 31, 2016 in Prague ) was a Czech composer , conductor , clarinetist and bassoonist .
He decided quite early on to join a military wind orchestra. From 1956 to 1959 he studied bassoon and clarinet in the military music school in Raudnitz an der Elbe near Leitmeritz .
After graduating in 1959, he became a member of the military band in Mies and stayed there until 1961. In the same year he was transferred to Prague , where he initially worked in a garrison military band and later in the central orchestra of the Czechoslovak army . At the same time he continued his bassoon studies with Karel Pivoňka and conducting with Bohuslav Čížek at the Prague Conservatory . In 1978 he became conductor of the Central Orchestra of the Czechoslovak Army in Prague; In 1987 he became chief conductor and remained so until his retirement in 1999.
He became interested in instrumentation when he was still a student, and continued to develop his skills as an arranger and composer. He initially made arrangements for the wind orchestra for the overture to the opera The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana , for the Boléro by Maurice Ravel and for the symphonic dances from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein . Later he created his own compositions, which were often performed by the Czechoslovak Army Orchestra and recorded on CD.
Works
Works for wind orchestra
- Alla Marcia March
- March at Prague Castle
- Bagatellu - Bagatella for horn and wind orchestra
- Barytonetta for baritone solo and wind orchestra
- bolero
- Briosso
- Clarinet Czárdás
- Concertino for clarinet and wind orchestra
- Drei Amselbrüder for Eb clarinet and 2 Bb clarinets solo and wind orchestra
- A little while concert piece
- After work polka
- Grotesky pro fagoty s názvem Bručouni
- Habanera
- Intrádu
- Small etude
- Mala Etuda - Piccolo capers
- Matinátu - Mattinata for soprano saxophone solo and wind orchestra
- Meditace
- Metamorphosis of the Wind Waltz
- Neposedna Polka - give me a smile
- Neumarkter Turnermarsch March with the sage from I am from Upper Austria in a trio
- Pálavanka polka
- Perličky stříbrného plátna
- Polonézu - polonaise
- Preludio
- Promenade Waltz (concert waltz)
- Reminiscence - The reminiscence
- Romanci pro křídlovku a tenor - (Romance for flugelhorn and tenor horn)
- Selanka
- Serenádu - serenade
- Devil gallop
- Forward! march
- Welcome March
- Žarošické polka
- Zastaveníčko
- Zdravice - greeting - salute
- Zpev Skrivana - Singing the Lark Solo for two clarinets and wind orchestra (arranged)
Web links
- Biography of Bělohoubek in a work analysis on apimusic.org. (PDF; 168 kB) Accessed September 7, 2008 (English).
- Literature and other media by and about Karel Bělohoubek in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Works by and about Karel Bělohoubek in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ In Memoriam Karel Bělohoubek . In: brass music. Trade magazine of the Austrian Brass Music Association . Tuba Musikverlag, Oberwart January 2017, p. 12 .
- ↑ Turnerpresse 10/04 z. Bel. - ÖTB Neumarkter Turnverein p. 40
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bělohoubek, Karel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Žarošice , Czech Republic |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 2016 |
| Place of death | Prague |