Karl Nováček

Karl Nováček (also Karel Nováček ; born July 12, 1864 or 1868 in Fehértemplom , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary ; † 1929 ) was a Czech cellist, military bandmaster and conductor.

The son of the composer Martin Nováček learned to play the cello as a child and became a cellist at the age of nine in the string quartet that his father had founded with two of his brothers. At a concert in the house of the composer Géza Zichy in 1881 he played two pieces by David Popper with his father .

From 1890 to 1893 he was the military bandmaster of the 61st Infantry Regiment in Peterwardein, then of the 71st Infantry Regiment in Erlau. After all, he was first cellist at the Royal Opera in Budapest until his retirement . His brothers Ottokar , Rudolf and Victor Nováček also became known as musicians.

literature

Christian Fastl: Nováček, brothers. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Karl Nováček's year of birth is given on VIAF , DNB and musiklexikon.ac.at as July 12, 1864, with Franz Metz it is 1868 .

personal data
SURNAME	Nováček, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nováček, Karel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech cellist, conductor and military bandmaster
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1864 or 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fehértemplom , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH	1929

[1] Karl Nováček's year of birth is given on VIAF , DNB and musiklexikon.ac.at as July 12, 1864, with Franz Metz it is 1868 .