Otakar Ostrčil
Otakar Ostrčil (born February 25, 1879 in Prague ; † August 20, 1935 there ) was a Czech composer and conductor .
Life
Ostrčil was a student of Zdeněk Fibich . In 1901 he became professor of languages at the Prague School of Commerce. From 1914 to 1918 he was the opera director of the Municipal Theater in the Prague district of Královské Vinohrady and from 1920 to 1935 he was the conductor and head of the Prague National Theater .
plant
Ostrčil's catalog raisonné includes a symphony in A major op. 7 (1903–1905), the Sinfonietta op. 20 (1921), the symphonic variations Kreuzweg for orchestra op. 24 (1927/28) and several operas .
Ostrčil's music was initially shaped by the Czech romanticism (especially by his teacher Fibich). At the beginning of the 20th century, he was influenced by Gustav Mahler , for whom he also campaigned as a conductor. In later works he developed an independent, expressive and dissonant-rich style, this turning point being marked by the Impromptu op. 13 for orchestra (1911).
literature
- Zdeněk Nejedlý : Otakar Ostrčil. Girgal, Prague 1935.
- Artuš Rectorys (Ed.): Korespondence Leoše Janáčka s Ostrčilem Otakarem. Hudební Matice Umělrcke Besady, Prague 1948.
- Artuš Rectorys (ed.): Korespondence Otakara Ostrčila s Vilémem Zítkem. Orbis, Prague 1951.
- Blanka Cervinková, Jan Krupka: Otakar Ostrcil. Bibliography. Městská Knihovna, Prague 1971.
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Otakar Ostrčil in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Works by and about Otakar Ostrčil in the catalog of the German National Library
- Catalog raisonné
- Information from the Czech music information center , English
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ostrčil, Otakar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 1935 |
| Place of death | Prague , Czechoslovakia |