Top 20 Composer celebrities in Czech Republic
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Composer celebrities [Updated March 26, 2023].
Jan Hammer was born
on April 17, 1948
in Czech Republic.
Pavel Haas was born
on June 21, 1899
in Czech Republic.
He was forced to appear in the Nazi propaganda film "Der Führer schenkt den Juden fine Stadt" while he was a prisoner at the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Ignaz Moscheles was born
on May 30, 1794
in Czech Republic.
Bohemian piano virtuoso whose initial attraction to Beethoven's avant-garde repertoire was greatly discouraged. He succeeded Felix Mendelssohn, whom he taught, as head of the Leipzig Conservatoire.
He developed a friendship with Beethoven, whom he idolized, and he became an important and trusted confidant during the composer's final years.
Jan Ladislav Dussek was born
on February 12, 1760
in Czech Republic.
He was given the descriptive title "le beau visage" after becoming the first pianist to perform with his profile in the audience's direction.
Karoly Thern was born
on August 13, 1817
in Czech Republic.
He pioneered the use of tárogató in the incidental music he wrote for "Svatopluk," József Gaál's 1839 composition.
Antonin Dvorak was born
on September 8, 1841
in Czech Republic.
Czech classical-music composer who became known for his "New World" Symphony, the American String Quartets, and "Rusalka," an opera.
Antonin Dvorak headed up the National Conservatory of Music for several years, receiving an annual salary of $15,000, an unprecedented sum at the time.
Bedrich Smetana was born
on March 2, 1824
in Czech Republic.
The father of Czech music. Bedrich Smetana was remembered for "The Battered Bride," an opera, and "Má vlast," a symphonic cycle.
Bedrich Smetana established a reputation for himself as a nationalistic composer during the 1848 Prague uprising, of which he was a participant.
Gustav Mahler was born
on July 7, 1860
in Czech Republic.
Composer and conductor of the late-Romantic period whose famous Eighth Symphony premiered in 1910. Gustav Mahler's compositional style combined 19th-century Austrian/German musical tradition with hints of early 20th-century modernism.
Rudolf Friml was born
on December 7, 1879
in Czech Republic.
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.
Erwin Schulhoff was born
on June 8, 1894
in Czech Republic.
He was one of the first classically trained musicians to see the virtues of jazz music. He was also open-minded enough to embrace Dadaism.
Leopold Kozeluch was born
on June 26, 1747
in Czech Republic.
He wrote close to 400 compositions and was criticized late in life for being too prolific.
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