Bohuslav Martinů
Czech composer (1890–1959)
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United StatesCzech composer who fled the Nazis to New York and wrote six symphonies in America that every major orchestra performed — while keeping Bohemian folk song woven through nearly everything he touched.
About
Bohuslav Martinů started as a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic, studied briefly under Josef Suk, then left Czechoslovakia for Paris in 1923 and deliberately turned away from the Romantic training he'd received. Through the 1920s he tried on modern French styles and jazz idioms in works like Half-time and Kitchen Revue. By the early 1930s he'd landed on neoclassicism, but built textures denser than the Stravinsky school, composing fast: chamber works, orchestral pieces, operas including Juliette and The Greek Passion. He kept threading Czech folk melodies through it all, earning comparisons…
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Albums
- Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 22001
- Works for Violin and Piano I2001
- Symphonies nos. 3 and 52001
- Small Pieces for Cello and Piano2001
- Complete Duos and Trios for Strings2001
- Martinů & Mozart2001
- Love Songs2000
- Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto no. 3 / Martinů: Violin Concerto no. 22000
- Ariane2000
- Symphonies nos. 2 and 42000
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- Pantheon 2.0High confidencedatabase · pantheon.world
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