Dalibor Cyril Vačkář

Dalibor Cyril Vačkář ( Dalibor C. Faltis; born September 19, 1906 in Korčula, † 21 October 1984) was a Czech composer and writer.

Vačkář studied in Prague with Karel Hoffmann and Otar Sin. From 1934 to 1945 he was a violinist at the Prague Radio Orchestra. He was at this time but mainly as a successful playwright. He then worked as a freelance composer in Prague.

He composed two ballets and four symphonies, a Sinfonietta, a concerto grosso, a violin, a piano and a bassoon concerto, a legend for Harpsichord and Orchestra, a concerto for piano, percussion and double bass, choral works and songs. He also wrote about thirty film music under various pseudonyms and wrote a Treatise on Instrumentation.

His son Tomáš Vačkář became known as a composer.