Fran Lhotka
Fran Lhotka (25 December 1883 in Mladá Vožice near Prague – 26 January 1962 in Zagreb)[1] was a Czech-born Croatian composer of classical music.
He was a student of Antonín Dvořák.[1] In 1909, he moved to Zagreb in what is now Croatia.[1]
He had three sons, Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski (1913-1987), also a composer.[2], Nenad Lhotka, a ballet dancer/ballet master of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (married to Alis Jill Morse) and Sasha Lhotka.
A very few of his many works[1] include:
- String quartet in G minor (1911)[3]
- The Devil in the Village (ballet in 8 scenes) (by 1935)[4]
- Film People Will Survive (1947)[1](Zivjece ovaj narod)
- Concerto for Strings (by 1957)[5]
- Frescoes, Three Symphonic Movements (1957)[6]
- Film The Master of his Own Body (1957)[1](Svoga tela gospodar)
- Sljepačka for viola and piano (1960)
- Serenade for two flutes, clarinet and piano[7]
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Lhotka, Fran |
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Croatian composer |
| Date of birth |
25 December 1883 |
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| Date of death |
26 January 1962 |
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