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Bohuslav Martinů
Bohuslav Jan Martinů was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. He became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and briefly studied under Czech composer and violinist Josef Suk. After leaving Czechoslovakia in 1923 for Paris, Martinů deliberately withdrew from the Romantic style in which he had been trained. During the 1920s he experimented with modern French stylistic developments, exemplified by his orchestral works Half-time and La Bagarre. He also adopted jazz idioms, for instance in his Kitchen Revue. In the early 1930s he found his main fount for compositional style: neoclassicism, creating textures far denser than those found in composers treating Stravinsky as a model. He was prolific, quickly composing chamber, orchestral, choral and instrumental works. His Concerto Grosso and the Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani are among his best-known works from this period. Among his operas, Juliette and The Greek Passion are considered the finest. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohuslav_Martinů) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Julietta (The Key to Dreams). Lyric opera in 3 acts, H. 253 - Act 1, Scene 1: Hello, boy, hello!
Bohuslav Martinů, Orchestr Národního divadla v Praze/Jaroslav Krombholc, Ivo Žídek, Ivana Mixová, and Vladimír Jedenáctík
Albums See All
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Martinů: Czech Madrigals - Britten: Cantata academica
2021
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Roussel, Martinů: String Quartets
2020
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Smetana, Martinů & Eben: Piano Trios
2010
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Chants d'est (Sur le sentier recouvert)
2009
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Janáček: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 / Martinů: 3 Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H 313
2009
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Dohnányi, Schoenberg & Martinů: String Trios
2005
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Milhaud: Sonata & Duo – Prokofiev: Sonata for 2 Violins – Martinů: Sonatina
1992
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Symphonies from Händel, Bloch & Martinu
2020
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Homage to Paderewski
2011
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Smörgasbord: Encores and Short Pieces for Cello and Piano
2001
Singles & EPs
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Pavel Šporcl Concertino Praga 1988 / 1990
Single • 2018
Videos See All
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Martinu Duo for violin and cello No.1 Jakub Junek-violin & Ivan Vokac-cello
Jakub Junek • 80K views
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Bohuslav Martinů: Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H.290 for cello and piano
Music Library • 6.5K views
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B. Martinu Variations on a Theme of Rossini - Woochan Jeong
Woochan Jeong • 1.6K views
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Bohuslav Martinů - Variations on a Theme of Rossini
MultiKetevan • 2.3K views
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Bohuslav Martinů - Marionettes, book 1 - Loutky I (with score)
Gabriele Tomasello • 842 views
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Bohuslav Martinů - Symphony No.1 - MODERATO (1/4)
ostychavapanenka • 2.7K views