Bohuslav Martinů
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(1890 – 1959)
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Bohuslav Martinů was born in a bell-tower where his father, a shoemaker by trade, was a watchman. Even as a child, he developed a reputation locally, and he gave his first public concert in his hometown in 1905. In 1906 Martinů became a violin student at the Prague Conservatory. He studied briefly there (before being dismissed for “incorrigible negligence”) and later continued to study on his own.
He spent the First World War in his hometown as a teacher, where he pursued his interests in composition. He also joined the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra as a violinist. His ballet Istar was completed in 1922. He left Czechoslovakia for Paris in 1923, where he became a pupil of Albert Roussel, though he retained many links with his birthplace.
When the German army approached Paris early in the Second World War, he fled, first to the south of France, and then to the United States in 1941, where he settled in New York with his French wife. In later life he lived in Switzerland, never returning to his homeland.
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Jhaidinszaev This guy is incredibly civilised looking. I can't look at one of his pictures without imagining him going "Absolutely spiffing old bean" and etc all the time. >.> I guess the music is good, too.
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FaustFest pm me anybody who has his material please
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aenimauk Just like to say thanks to those below who recommended the cello sonatas, they are indeed excellent :) So thanks to Seavas and Taxes!
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Taxes uneven but the cello sonatas are top notch
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Crustclock In love at first listen! I hear a lot of late-era Debussy in his work.
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Torelli http://www.last.fm/music/Bohuslav+Martin%C5%AF/Three+Fragments+and+Suite+From+the+Opera+Juliette+(Magdalena+Ko%C5%BEen%C3%A1,+Czech+Philharmonic+Orchestra,+Sir+Charles+Mackerras) Absolutely amazing ! Highly recommended !
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