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Klement Slavický
Czech composer

Klement Slavický

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Czech composer
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Tovačov
Place of death
Prague
Age
89 years
Family
Children:
Milan Slavický
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Biography

Klement Slavický (September 22, 1910, Tovačov, Moravia – September 4, 1999, Prague, Czech Republic) was a Czech composer of modern classical music.

Biography

Slavicky studied under Karel Boleslav Jirák and Josef Suk. He was inspired by Moravian folk music and the works of Leoš Janáček. The best-known of his works are the double chorus Lidice, Rapsodické variace pro orchestr (Rhapsodic Variations for Orchestra), the sonata Přátelství (Friendship) for violin and piano, the dramatic fresco Cesta ke světlu (The Way Toward the Light), the brilliant Toccata from the cycle Three pieces for piano (1947) and Symfonietta IV, Pax hominibus in universo orbi, which was dedicated by Slavický to the United Nations for the 40th anniversary of its birth. There is also a song-cycle Oh, My Heart So Wretched, which sets five Slovak folk poems and which has recently (2010) been recorded by the soprano Marie Fajtová.

Selected works

  • Moravian Dance Fantasias for orchestra (1951)
  • Rhapsodic Variations for orchestra (1953)
  • Rapsodie for Solo Viola (1987)
  • Ej, srdenko moje (Oh, My Heart So Wretched) song cycle:
    • I. Nad Straznicu jasno (Here the Sky is Sunny)
    • II. Sohajku s modryma ocima (Sky-blue Eyes)
    • III. Tezko temu kamenovi (Heavy is that Weighty Boulder)
    • IV. Povez mi, ma mila (Tell Me, My Bonnie Lass)
    • V. Studena rosenka (There was a Chilly Dew)
    • VI. Byla sem esce mala (I was Small Then and Gawky)

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