Karel Kovařovic

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Karel Kovařovic (Prague, 9 December 1862 – Prague, 6 December 1920) was a Czech composer and conductor.

Life

From 1873 to 1879 he studied clarinet, harp and piano at the Prague Conservatory.^[1] He began his career as a harpist. In 1900 Kovařovic became the conductor of the national theatre in Prague, due mostly to the success of his opera The Dogheads, after the novel of the same name (about Jan Sladký Kozina) by Alois Jirásek. His engagement at the National Theatre lasted twenty years, until 1920.^[1] He composed seven operas.

Kovařovic is most remembered today for the revisions he made to Leoš Janáček's Jenůfa for its premiere in Prague, and it was in his version that the opera was heard for many years.

A recording of The Dogheads, featuring Beno Blachut, exists.

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Dopisy o životě hudebním i lidském, p. 484

References

Suk, Josef; ed. Jana Vojtěšková (2005). Dopisy o životě hudebním i lidském. Prague: Editio Bärenreiter. ISBN 80-86385-31-0. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

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Persondata
Name	Kovarovic, Karel
Alternative names
Short description	Czech musician
Date of birth	1862
Place of birth
Date of death	1920
Place of death

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