Stanislav, Josef
Stanislav, Josef
Stanislav, Josef, Czech composer and pedagogue; b. Hamburg, Jan. 22, 1897; d. Prague, Aug. 5, 1971. He went in his youth to Prague, where he took lessons in composition with Jeremiáš and Foerster and in piano with Mikeš and Veselý completed his training in the Cons. master classes of Novák in composition (1922) and of Hoffmeister in piano (1929); also studied with Nejedý at the Univ. He joined the Czech Communist party and was active in various left-wing organizations. His music was banned during the German occupation, but after the liberation in 1945, he played a prominent role in Czech musical life; was a prof. at the Prague Academy of Music (from 1948) and director of the ethnographical and folklore inst. of the Czech Academy of Sciences (from 1953).
Works
Symfonické vypravovani (Symphonic Narration; n.d.); Rudoarmějská symfonie (Red Army Sym.; 1942); Viola Sonata (1920); 3 piano sonatas (1921, 1929, 1944); Viola Sonata (1933); String Quartet (1935); several cantatas; choruses; songs; incidental music.
Writings
O té lidové a vážné hudbě a lidových hudebnícich (Folk Music, Art Music, and Folk Musicians; Prague, 1939); Hudebni kultura, uměnía život (Musical Culture, Art, and Life; Prague, 1940); Ludvtk Kuba (Prague, 1963).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire