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Karel Boleslav Jirák (né Karel Bohuslav Jirák; January 28, 1891, Prague, Bohemia - January 30, 1972, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) was a Czechoslovak composer and conductor.

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Jirák became a pupil of Josef Bohuslav Foerster and Vítězslav Novák at the Charles University and at music academy in Prague. From 1915-18 he was the Kapellmeister at the Hamburg Opera and worked from 1918 to 1919 as a conductor at the National Theatre in Brno and Ostrava.[1]

From 1920-30, he was a composition teacher at the Prague Conservatory, and principal conductor of the Czechoslovak Radio Orchestra until 1945.^{[citation needed]}

In 1947, he emigrated to the United States, where from 1948 to 1967 a professor at Roosevelt University, Chicago, and, in 1967, a composition teacher at the Conservatory college in Chicago. He remained in this position until 1971.[1]

Jirák's opera was Apolonius z Tyany (Apollonius of Tyana, 1912–1913), which was initially ignored by Prague's National Theatre and later accepted under the title Žena a Bůh (The Woman and the God, 1936). He wrote six symphonies and several symphonic variations.^{[citation needed]}

In 1952, he wrote a Symphonic Scherzo for volume^{[clarification needed]}. He also wrote many suites and overtures, numerous pieces of chamber music, many preludes and a Suite for organ, a Requiem, choruses, and song cycles. He was a popular and renowned musical theorist.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Biography, Musicbase.cz; accessed February 10, 2018.
• Piano Concerto (1946)

На других языках

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[de] Karel Boleslav Jirák

Karel Boleslav Jirák (auch: Karel Bohuslav Jirák) (* 28. Januar 1891 in Prag; † 30. Januar 1972 in Chicago) war ein tschechischer Komponist und Dirigent.

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- [en] Karel Boleslav Jirák

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[ru] Йирак, Карел Болеслав

Карел Болеслав Йирак (чеш. Karel Boleslav Jirák; 28 января 1891, Прага — 30 января 1972, Чикаго) — чешский композитор и дирижёр.

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