Fran Lhotka
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 [2]
- Symphony [2]
- 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]
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 2 3 4 5 6 7 Paulus, Irena. "Croatian Film Chronicles:Fran Lhotka". Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- 1 2 3 Josip Andreis : Povijest hrvatske glazbe
- ↑ "BBC Overnight Broadcast with Lhotka String Quartet played by the Zagreb Quartet". Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ↑ OCLC 15864659.
- ↑ OCLC 247796659.
- ↑ "BBC Overnight Broadcast of Frescoes". Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ↑ OCLC 51804210.
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