Vladimír summer

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Vladimír Sommer (born February 28, 1921 in Niedergeorgenthal , † September 8, 1997 in Prague ) was a Czech composer .

After training as a teacher at the Prague Conservatory, Sommer studied violin with Bedřich Voldan and composition with Karel Janeček, and until 1950 at the Academy of Performing Arts with Pavel Bořkovec . Here he worked for the future presidential candidate from 2013, Vladimír Franz, as a composition teacher, and later as a professor in the music department of the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University .

He composed three symphonies , an overture , a cello and a violin concerto , chamber music , choral works and occasionally also film music.

Works

  • Sonata for two violins , 1948
  • Violin Concerto in G minor, 1950
  • Antigone , - Overture to the tragedy of Sophocles , 1957
  • Vocal symphony for contralto, speaker, choir and orchestra, 1958
  • Prince Bajaja , orchestral suite , 1970
  • String Symphony , 1977
  • Sinfonia da Requiem for solos, choir and orchestra, 1978
  • Concerto for violoncello and orchestra , 1979
  • Piano Sonata , 1980
  • String quartet in B minor, 1981
  • String quartet in D minor

Film music

  • 1966: Death behind the stage curtain (Smrt za oponou)
  • 1971: Prince Bajaja (Princ Bajaja)

literature

  • J. Kříž: S. Vladimírem Sommerem o hudbě a komponování . In: Hudební rozhledy 22, 1970, ISSN  0018-6996 , pp. 24-27.
  • Ivan Vojtěch: O dosavadní tvorbě Vladimíra Sommera . In: Musikologie 4, 1955, ZDB -ID 1269290-6 , pp. 32-86.
  • Jiří Vysloužil: Hudební slovník pro každého . 2. díl. Lípa, Vizovice 1999, ISBN 80-86093-23-9 , pp. 495-497.

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personal data
SURNAME Summer, Vladimír
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Niedergeorgenthal
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1997
Place of death Prague