Josef Klička
Josef Klička (1884)
Josef Klička (December 15, 1855 – March 28, 1937, both in Klatovy) was a Czech organist, violinist, composer, conductor and pedagogue. He is author of several large organ compositions in the style of late romanticism.
Klička grew up in influenced by music. He studied at conservatory and organ school in Prague. He worked as organist and conductor and later became professor at the Prague Conservatory (in 1892–1895 as proxy for Antonín Dvořák, then in the USA).
His son, Václav Klička (1882–1953) was master harp player, as well as pedagogist at the conservatory.
Selected works
- Opera
- Spanilá mlynářka (Die schöne Müllerin; The Lovely Maid of the Mill) (1888)
- Chamber music
- Scherzo for 3 violins and piano, op.63
- Organ
- Concert Fantasia in C minor, op.59
- Concert Fantasia in G minor
- Concert Fantasia in F♯ minor, op.36
- Concert Fantasia on the St. Wenceslas Chorale (1890)
- Fantasia on Bedřich Smetana's Symphonic Poem "Vyšehrad", op.33
- Legend in D major, op.49
- Legend in D minor, op.54
- Legend in B minor, op.98
- 10 Preludes and Fugues
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External links
- Short biography (in Czech)
- Free scores by Josef Klicka at the International Music Score Library Project
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