Miloslav Kabeláč

Portrait of Miloslav Kabeláč

Miloslav Kabeláč (1 August 1908 – 17 September 1979) was a prominent Czech composer and conductor. Miloslav Kabeláč belongs to the foremost Czech symphonists, whose work is sometimes compared with Antonín Dvořák's and Bohuslav Martinů's. In the totalitarian period Kabeláč's work found itself on the periphery of official attention and was performed only sporadically and in a limited choice of compositions.

Life

Kabeláč was born in Prague. In 192831 he studied at the Prague Conservatory as a pupil of Karel Boleslav Jirák, simultaneously (in 193031) he was a pupil of Alois Hába. In 193254 Kabeláč was employed by Prague Radio. From 1957 to 1968 he worked as a teacher at the Prague Conservatory. During his life Kabeláč was active in Umělecká beseda, in the Federation of Czechoslovak Composers and other organisations.

In the 1960s he tried to revive contacts with Western modern music and composers, but after the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia he was silenced. His works were performed only abroad from then on.

Works

Symphonies

Further orchestral works

Piano compositions

Organ compositions

Other chamber compositions

Compositions for solo voice with accompaniment

Choruses

Cantatas

Electro-acoustic music

See also

References

External links

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