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First name: Emil
Last name: Hlobil
Dates: 1901-1987
Category: Quartet
Nationality: Slovakian
Opus name: Opus 23 (1943/1946)
Publisher: HMUB
Peculiarities: clrn or va;pf or cemb.;IMD; see Music library royal college of music
Information: Emil Hlobil (11 October 1901 – 25 January 1987) was a twentieth century Czechoslovakian composer and music professor based in Prague. Hlobil was born in Veselí nad Lužnicí, but lived most of his life in Prague. Between 1924 and 1930 he studied at the Prague Conservatory under Josef Suk and Jaroslav Křička, and taught music and composition at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts.He also taught at the Prague Conservatory (1941–58) before moving to the Academy. He married Czech painter Marie-Hlobilová Mrkvičková, and after World War II they bought a cottage in the Krkonoše mountains as a summer home.Hlobil died in Prague in 1987.