Otakar OstrÄil
Otakar Ostrčil ( born February 25, 1879 in Prague; † August 20, 1935 in Prague) was a Czech composer and conductor.
Life
Ostrčil was a student of Zdeněk Fibich. In 1901 he became professor of languages at the Business Academy in Prague. From 1914 to 1918 he was chief of the Municipal Theatre Opera in Prague's Royal Vinohrady and from 1920 to 1935 and Chief Conductor of the Prague National Theatre.
Work
In the catalog raisonné Ostrčils among other things a symphony Find A major op 7 (1903-1905), the Sinfonietta op 20 ( 1921), the symphonic variations crossroads for Orchestra, Op 24 (1927 /28) as well as several operas.
Ostrčils music was influenced first by the Czech Romanticism (especially by his teacher Fibich ). At the beginning of the 20th century were influences also made by Gustav Mahler, for which he campaigned as a conductor. In later works, he developed an independent, expressive dissonance and rich style, this turning point is marked approximately by the Impromptu Op 13 for orchestra ( 1911).