Josef Bohuslav Foerster

Josef Bohuslav Foerster ( born December 30, 1859 in Prague, † May 29, 1951 in Nový Vestec, near Čelákovice ) was a Czech composer.

Foerster, the son of composer Josef Foerster, studied at the Prague Conservatory. He moved with his wife, the opera singer Bertha Kaiserslautern to Hamburg, where he worked as a critic and since 1901 as a teacher at the conservatory. There he met Gustav Mahler, with whom he formed a close friendship soon. From 1903 to 1918 Foerster lived as a critic and teacher in Vienna. Then he got a job as a teacher at the conservatory of his hometown. In 1921 he became professor of composition and director of the Institute in 1922 until 1931. Afterwards it was until 1939 Head of the Czech Academy. In 1946 he was appointed as National Artist.

Foerster composed operas, five symphonies, symphonic poems, suites, overtures, a cello and two violin concertos, chamber music, sacred choral works, masses, motets and songs. Foerster's style is particularly influenced by Antonín Dvořák. Later makes a partial approach to modern genres noticeable. His romantic embossed musical ideal, however, has never denied Foerster.

His 1942 and 1947, published in two volumes autobiography " The Pilgrim " is an important document of the cultural life of that time. Josef Bohuslav Foerster was also active as a painter, primarily of landscape paintings.

Works

  • Symphony No. 1 in D minor
  • Symphony No. 2 in F major
  • Symphony No. 3 in D major " The Life "
  • Symphony No. 4 in C minor " Easter Vigil ", 1905
  • Symphony No. 5 in D minor
  • Cyrano de Bergerac op 55, Symphonic Poem
  • From Shakespeare Op 76 Symphonic Poem
  • Hymn of the angels
  • Stabat mater
  • Mortius fratribus
  • Missa Glagolytica
  • St. Wenceslas, oratorio
  • Deborah, Opera, 1890/91
  • Eva, Opera, 1895-97
  • Jessika, opera based on William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, 1902-04
  • Nepřemožení ( The Unüberwundenen ), opera, 1917
  • Srdce ( The Heart), 1921/22,
  • Bloud ( The Gate), opera, in 1935/36
  • Chamber Music Duos Sonata for Violin and Piano in B minor, Op 10, 1889
  • Princess Daisy, Suite for Violin and Piano, Op 35, after 1897
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in F minor, Op 45, 1898
  • Ballade for Violin and Piano, Op 92, 1914
  • Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Op 128, 1925
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2, Op 130, 1926
  • 2 Impromptus for Violin and Piano, Op 154, 1934
  • Zbirožská suita [ Zbiroh suite ] for Viola and Piano, Op 167, 1940
  • Sonata quasi fantasia for violin and piano op 177, 1943
  • No. 1 in F minor, Op 8, 1883
  • No. 2 in B - flat major, Op 38, 1894
  • No. 3 in A minor, Op 105, 1919-21
  • No. 1 in E flat major op.15, 1888
  • No. 2 in D major, Opus 39, 1893
  • No. 3 in C major, Op 61, 1907-13
  • No. 4 in F major, Op 182, 1944
  • No. 5 " Vestecký " F Major, 1951
  • String Quintet, Op 3, 1886
  • Woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn ) in D major op 95, 1909
  • Piano Quintet op 138, 1928
  • Nonet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass) F major op 147, 1931
  • Elegy for violin solo, 1945
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