Ludvík Vítězslav Čelanský
Ludvík Vítězslav Čelanský (born July 17, 1870 in Vienna , † October 27, 1931 in Prague ) was a Czech conductor and composer.
Čelanský studied from 1892 to 1894 at the Prague Conservatory and worked as a theater conductor in Pilsen (1895), Zagreb (1898) and at the National Theater in Prague (1899–1900). Then he was a conductor in Lviv , Kiev and Paris , conducted the Czech National Philharmonic from 1918 to 1919 and finally worked in Brno . Alfred Einstein described him as one of the best Czech conductors .
Čelanský composed the symphonic trilogy Adam - Noe - Mojžíš , an opera ( Kamila ), a Te Deum and the symphonic poem Hymn to the Sun . Stylistically, it can be assigned to the late Romantic period .
Web links
Commons : Ludvík Vítězslav Čelanský - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Literature and other media by and about Ludvík Vítězslav Čelanský in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Čelanský, Ludvík Vítězslav , in: Český hudební slovník osob a institucí (Czech)
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SURNAME | Čelanský, Ludvík Vítězslav |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech conductor and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1870 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1931 |
Place of death | Prague |