Novák, Vítězslav
Novák, Vítězslav (b Kamenice, Cz., 1870; d Skuteč, 1949). Cz. composer. Prof. of comp. Prague Cons. 1909–39, influencing and teaching many Cz. composers. His early works were Brahmsian in style but he became more nationalist under the influence of Janáček. Works incl.:OPERAS: Zvikovský rarášek (The Imp of Zvikov) (1913–14); Karlštejn (1916, rev. 1925, 1930); Lucerna (The Lantern) (1919–22, rev. 1930); Děduvů odkaz (Grandfather's Legacy) (1926, rev. 1942).ORCH.: Serenade in F (1894); pf. conc. (1895); 3 Bohemian Dances (1897); V Tatrách (In the Tatras), sym.-poem (1902); Slovak Suite (1903); South Bohemian Suite (1936–7); De Profundis (1941); St Wenceslas Triptych (1941).CHORAL: 6 Men's Choruses (1906); Bouře (The Storm), sea fantasy, soloists, ch., orch. (1908–10); Svatebni Košile (The Spectre's Bride), soloists, ch., orch. (1912–13); Podzimnì symfonie (Autumn Sym.), ch., orch. (1931–4); Májová symfonie (May Sym.), soloists, ch., orch. (1943); Hvězdy (Stars), female vv., orch. (1949).CHAMBER MUSIC: pf. trios: G minor (1892), D minor (1902); pf. qt. (1894, rev. 1899); pf. quintet (1896, rev. 1897); str. qts.: in G (1899), in D (1905), in G (1938); vc. sonata (1941).PIANO: Variations on a Theme of Schumann (1893); Sonata eroica (1900); Exotikon (1911); 6 Sonatinas (1919–20).
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