Robert Kurka
Robert Frank Kurka (born December 22, 1921 in Cicero (Illinois) , † December 12, 1957 in New York City ) was an American composer .
Kurka learned the violin , did extensive self-study in composition and became a student of Otto Luening and Darius Milhaud . From 1948 to 1951 he taught at the City College of New York , later at Queens and Dartmouth College . Kurka received the Guggenheim grant .
He became known to a wide audience with the opera The Good Soldier Schweik based on Jaroslav Hašek's Der brave Soldat Schwejk , which premiered on April 23, 1958 in the New York City Opera . In addition, he wrote 2 symphonies, concert music, chamber music, choral music and piano pieces.
Kurka died of leukemia in 1957 .
Web links
- Works by and about Robert Kurka in the catalog of the German National Library
- Robert Kurka at G. Schirmer Inc.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horst Seeger : Musiklexikon Personen AZ / Deutscher Verlag für Musik Leipzig (1981), page 434
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kurka, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kurka, Robert Frank; Kurka, Robert F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cicero (Illinois) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1957 |
| Place of death | New York City |