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Bohuslav Martinů
Czech composer (1890–1959)
Bohuslav Martinů | |
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Martinů in New York City, 1945 | |
| Born | (1890-12-08)December 8, 1890 Polička, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | August 28, 1959(1959-08-28) (aged 68) Liestal, Switzerland |
Bohuslav Jan Martinů (Czech:[ˈboɦuslafˈmarcɪnuː]ⓘ; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) 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 Kit