Jaroslav Kvapil (composer)
Jaroslav Kvapil was a Czech composer, teacher, conductor and pianist.
Life and career
Born in Fryšták, he studied with Josef Nešvera and worked as a chorister in Olomouc from 1902 to 1906. He then studied at the Brno School of Organists under Leoš Janáček, earning a diploma in 1909. He studied with Max Reger at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1911 through 1913.Kvapil was an excellent accompanist, noted for his skill in sight reading. As the choirmaster and conductor of the Brno Beseda he gave the world première of Janáček's Glagolitic Mass, and the Czech premières of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Arthur Honegger’s Judith and Karol Szymanowski’s Stabat mater. He received the Award of Merit in 1955. He taught at the School of Organists and at the Brno Conservatory, and he was appointed professor of composition at the academy in 1947. His students included Hana Janků, Miloslav Ištvan, Ctirad Kohoutek, Čestmír Gregor and Jiří Matys. He died in Brno at the age of 65.
Selected works
;OrchestraDnes a zítra, Symphonic OvertureNotturno- Symphony No.2
- Symphony No.4Svítání, Symphonic PoemThema con variazioni e fugaZ těžkých dob, Symphonic Variations
- Concerto for oboe and orchestra
- Concerto for piano and orchestra
- Concerto No.1 for violin and orchestra
- Concerto No.2 for violin and orchestra Suita for viola and chamber orchestra
- Clarinet Quintet Dvě skladby for violin and piano
- Quartet for flute, violin, viola and cello
- String Quartet No.4
- Duo for violin and viola
- String Quartet No.5
- Sonata in D major for violin and piano
- Sonata in D major for violin and piano
- Sonata for violin and organVariace na vlastní thema for trumpet and piano
;PianoLegenda Menuetto Intermezzo Humoreska Lento melancolico – Allegro risoluto
- Sonata
- Sonatina Údolím stesku a žalu, 9 Pieces Vánoce Variace na vlastní thema V říši snů
;ChoralDukelská dumka, Song for unison chorus