Věroslav Neumann

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Věroslav Neumann (born May 27, 1931 in Cítoliby , † November 21, 2006 in Prague ) was a Czech composer and music teacher.

Neumann studied at the Prague Music Academy with Jaroslav Řídký and then lived in Prague as a composer and music teacher. From 1990 to 1998 he was director of the Prague Conservatory of Music. As a composer, he mainly performed with vocal works, especially songs, choral works and song cycles, but he also composed chamber music and works for solo instruments. He received prizes at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Warsaw in 1955 and Helsinki in 1962, and in 1987 he received the Panton Publishing House Award for his Songs of Defiance and Strength and the Prize of the Association of Czech Composers and Concert Musicians for Atlantis .

Works

  • A Very Mature Gentleman's Forenoon at a Spa for clarinet and piano
  • Brabenci Polka for two-part a cappella choir
  • Cancaty a jine fory for two-part female choir
  • Czech Folksong Duets for Like Instruments
  • Four Variations on a Brigand Theme for Clarinet and Piano
  • Marne ody na vystrelky mody for four-part female choir and piano
  • Pisnicka slunicek for choir and piano
  • Poetic Tone Pictures by Antonín Dvořák , arranged for woodwinds
  • Proclamations for tuba and piano
  • Roztancime celou zem / Spring Song: We make the Whole World Dance
  • Rymovacky for unison choir, piano and flute
  • Sbohem Praho! for symphonic band
  • Svitanicko for four-part female choir a cappella
  • Three Duets for Flute and Clarinet
  • U nas v kapele for unison choir and piano

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personal data
SURNAME Neumann, Věroslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Cítoliby
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 2006
Place of death Prague