Otakar Jeremiáš

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Otakar Jeremiáš, around 1928
Memorial plaque for Otakar Jeremiáš in Písek

Otakar Jeremiáš (born October 17, 1892 in Písek , † March 5, 1962 in Prague ) was a Bohemian composer.

Jaroslav Jeremiáš's brother was the director of a music school in Budweis from 1918 to 1928 . He directed the Prague Radio Orchestra until 1945 and was then conductor at the National Theater in Prague .

He composed two operas ( The Karamazov brothers , 1922-27 and Eulenspiegel , 1937-47), two symphonies , a suite , an overture and a fantasy for orchestra, chamber music , music for plays and films, choral works and songs .

literature

  • Marie Jeremiášová-Budíková: Ze vzpomínek na Otakar Jeremiáše . In: Živá hudba 4, 1968, pp. 147–150.
  • Josef Plavec: Národní umělec: Otakar Jeremiáš . Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, Prague 1964, (with catalog raisonné).

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