Musicians
Zdenek Fibich
Learn more about Zdenek Fibich Zdenek Fibich (1850 – 1900) was a Czech composer of classical music. Among his compositions are chamber works (including two string quartets, a piano trio, piano quarte...
Vitezslav Novak
Learn more about Vitezslav Novak Vitezslav Augustin Rudolf Novak ( 1870 – 1949) was a Czech composer and pedagogue. Stylistically, he was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music has been occ...
Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky
Learn more about Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky (c. 1633 or 1639 – 1693) was a Czech-Moravian composer and trumpeter of the Baroque period. Life Vejvanovsky was born in Moravia (Hukva...
Oskar Nedbal
Learn more about Oskar Nedbal Oskar Nedbal (March 26, 1874 – December 24, 1930) was a Czech violist, composer, and conductor of classical music. Born in Tabor in southern Bohemia, he moved to Prague a...
Leos Janacek
Learn more about Leos Janacek Leos Janacek, baptised Leo Eugen Janacek; (1854 – 1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other ...
Krystof Harant
Learn more about Krystof Harant Krystof Harant of Polzice and Bezdruzice (Czech: Krystof Harant z Polzic a Bezdruzic, 1564 – June 21, 1621) was a Czech nobleman, humanist, soldier, traveler, writer, a...
Julius Fucik
Learn more about Julius Fucik Sometimes known as the “Bohemian Sousa” for his work with military bands, Julius Ernest Wilhelm Fucik (July 18, 1872 – September 25, 1916) was a Czech conduct...
Josef Suk
Learn more about Josef Suk Josef Suk (1874 – 1935) was a Bohemian composer and violinist. He studied under Antonin Dvorak, whose daughter he married. Biography Josef Suk, early 1900s From a young age,...
Josef Myslivecek
Learn more about Josef Myslivecek Josef Myslivecek (March 9, 1737 – February 4, 1781) was a Czech composer of classical music. Myslivecek and his twin brother, Jachym, were born in Prague to a prosper...
Jan Vaclav Vorisek
Learn more about Jan Vaclav Vorisek Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek; also know as Johann Hugo Worzischek, (1791, in Vamberk, Bohemia – 1825, in Vienna, Austria) was a Czech composer, pianist and organist. Li...
