Milan Křížek

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Milan Křížek, 1986

Milan Křížek (born March 9, 1926 in Lišov , Czechoslovakia ; † February 15, 2018 in Budweis , Czech Republic ) was a Czech composer , music teacher and violist .

Life

After graduating from the grammar school in Tábor (1937–1945), he studied musicology, music education and history at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague (1946–1951). Privately, he studied composition under Jaroslav Řídký (1946–1950). In 1959 he passed the state examination in violin. In 1971 Křížek became a doctor of philosophy at the Palacký University in Olomouc . His postgraduate research was carried out externally at the Institute of Musicology of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1966–1972; honored as a candidate of science in 1975).

After graduating, he taught music education at the Pedagogical Gymnasium in Znojmo (1950–1951). After his military service he moved to Ceske Budejovice , where he taught at the Music Academy (1953-1956), then at the Pedagogical School (1956-1958). Among other things, he contributed to the popularization of music. In 1959 he became an assistant professor at the Institute for Music in the Faculty of Education. In 1991 the faculty became part of the newly founded University of South Bohemia in Budweis . Until his retirement in 1986 he worked at the Institute for Music. After the political change in 1989 he was appointed lecturer in 1990.

From 1990 to 2001 Křížek taught music theory and composition at the Music Academy in Budweis. Until 1992 he was also active as a violinist in the orchestra of the Opera of the South Bohemian Theater, in the South Bohemian Philharmonic and in several other chamber ensembles.

Křížek's compositions have their roots in neoclassicism . In his later works he experimented with new composition techniques. These works tend to synthesize the means of modern musical language. The South Bohemian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra has premiered Variations on a Theme by Alban Berg (1985), Concerto for Orchestra (1988), Concerto for 14 String Instruments (1998) and other works. A selection of his works is often recorded during the Days for New Music in Prague: Sonata for solo viola (1996), Sonatina danzante for flute and clarinet (2000), Seven Sequences for clarinet and percussion (2002), Capriccio for soprano, flute , Viola and percussion on verses by Konstantin Biebl (2005), Largo desolato for violin, viola and violoncello (2010) and Collage IV 3 violoncellos (2012).

His compositions are stored in the archives of the Czech Music Fund, in the South Bohemian Museum, in the archives of the South Bohemian Philharmonic and at the Conservatory in Budweis.

Selected Works

Orchestral works

  • Divertimento I for string orchestra (1983)
  • Variations on a Theme by Alban Berg (1984)
  • Concerto for orchestra (1987)
  • Concerto grosso for violin, viola and orchestra (1989)
  • Divertimento II for orchestra (1992)
  • Concerto for 14 string instruments (1995)
  • Divertimento III for string orchestra (2002)
  • Concertino for clarinet, strings and harp (2003)
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra (2010)

Chamber music

  • Preludium and giga for oboe and piano (In memory of Jan Dismas Zelenka ) (1959)
  • Partita parva for 2 violins (1973)
  • It Was Love: Variations on a Moravian Song for Flute, Violoncello and Piano (1976)
  • Musica brevis for 3 violoncellos (1987)
  • String Quartet I for 2 violins, viola and violoncello (1988)
  • Partita for violin and piano (1993)
  • Collage I for 4 flutes (1995)
  • Trio for clarinet, violoncello and piano (1996)
  • Sonata a due for violin and viola (1997)
  • Sonatina danzante for flute and clarinet (1999)
  • Good King Wenceslas (Variations on English Christmas Carol for Violin, Clarinet and Piano) (2000)
  • Seven sequences for clarinet and percussion (2001)
  • Collage III for 2 violins and viola (2003)
  • String Quartet II (epitaph for 2 violins, viola and cello with baritone solo) (2008)
  • Largo desolato: Prelude-Interlude-Postlude for violin, viola and violoncello (2009)
  • Collage IV for 3 violoncellos (2011)
  • String Quartet III (2014).
  • Diaphonia (viola, violoncello) (2017).

Instrumental works

  • Trifolium memoriae Bélae Bartók for piano (1965)
  • Stanzas for clarinet solo (1978)
  • Sonata I for violin solo (1982)
  • Passacaglia for cello solo (1988)
  • Auletes (fluteplayer) oboe solo (1992)
  • Sonata for viola solo (1994)
  • Sonata II for violin solo (1998)
  • Cantus variabilis for violin (2006)
  • Soliloquia (violin solo) (2009)
  • Sonata quasi una ballata (cello solo) (2012)
  • Sonata III for violin solo (2013)
  • Diferencias, Viola sola (2014).

Vocal and chorale works

  • The Child (Diptych for women's choir) (1960)
  • Points (four songs based on texts by Miroslav Holub for medium voice and piano) (1965)
  • Three madrigals on old Czech texts for female choir, flute, violin and percussion (1979)
  • Elegiac Fragments for medium voice and viola (1994)
  • Noctiluca (4 nocturna for medium voice, flute, violin and guitar) (1998)
  • Capriccio for soprano, flute, viola and percussion on verses by Konstantin Biebl (2005)
  • Butterflies don't live here (children's choir based on verses by Pavel Friedman, Ghetto Theresienstadt June 4, 1942) (2006)
  • Two sonnets for medium voice and viola (2017).

Literary works

book

  • Jan Rychlík, the life and work of a composer. 1st edition. H&H, Prague 2001, ISBN 80-86022-89-7 , (Czech).

Others

  • Musical life in South Bohemia Budweis 1989.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Czechoslovak encyclopedia of music and institutions. Volume 2, 1st edition. Gracian Černušák, Prague 1965, (Czech).
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of České Budějovice. 1st edition. České Budějovice, 1998, ISBN 80-238-3392-8 (Czech).
  3. ↑ Czech music encyclopedia on ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz (Czech).
  4. ^ Tobias Bröker: The 20th century violin concertante. A repertoire guide to the compositions for violin concertante written between 1894 and 2006. 1st edition Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-047105-6 .
  5. ^ Partita for violin and piano. František Jaroš, violin
  6. ↑ Sonata I for violin solo. František Jaroš, violin
  7. ↑ Sonata II for violin solo. František Jaroš, violin
  8. ^ Cantus variabilis for violin. František Jaroš, violin
  9. ↑ Soliloquia (violin solo). František Jaroš, violin
  10. ↑ Sonata III for violin solo. František Jaroš, violin
  11. ↑ Karel Padrta: Music life of South Bohemia. 1st edition, České Budějovice, 1989, (Czech).
personal data
SURNAME Křížek, Milan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech composer, music teacher and violist
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Lišov , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH 15th February 2018
Place of death Budweis , Czech Republic