Fran Lhotka

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Fran Lhotka (25 December 1883 – 26 January 1962) was a Czech-born Croatian composer of classical music.

Lhotka was born in Mladá Vožice near Prague.[1] He was a student of Antonín Dvořák.[1] In 1909, he moved to Zagreb in what is now Croatia.[1]

A very few of his many works[1] include:

  • Violin Concerto [2]
  • Piano Concerto [3]
  • Symphony [4]
  • String quartet in G minor (1911)[5]
  • The Devil in the Village (ballet in 8 scenes) (by 1935)[6]
  • Film People Will Survive (1947)[1](Zivjece ovaj narod)
  • Concerto for Strings (by 1957)[7]
  • Frescoes, Three Symphonic Movements (1957)[8]
  • 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[9]

Fran Lhotka died in Zagreb.[1]

He had three sons, Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski (1913–1987), also a composer; Nenad Lhotka, a ballet dancer/ballet master of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (married to Alis Jill Morse); and Sasha Lhotka.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Paulus, Irena. "Croatian Film Chronicles:Fran Lhotka". Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  2. ↑ Josip Andreis : Povijest hrvatske glazbe
  3. ↑ Josip Andreis : Povijest hrvatske glazbe
  4. ↑ Josip Andreis : Povijest hrvatske glazbe
  5. ↑ "BBC Overnight Broadcast with Lhotka String Quartet played by the Zagreb Quartet". Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  6. ↑ OCLC 15864659.
  7. ↑ OCLC 247796659.
  8. ↑ "BBC Overnight Broadcast of Frescoes". Retrieved 10 April 2009. 
  9. ↑ OCLC 51804210.

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