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First name: Jan
Last name: Kapr
Dates: 1914-1988
Category: Quartet
Nationality: Czech
Opus name: Rotzione 9
Publisher: Bärenreiter; editio Supraphon
Peculiarities: IMD;RCG score only;modern notation; Enquire:http://www.musica.cz/composers.html
Information: Jan Kapr (12 March 1914 Prague – 1988 Prague) was one of the most prolific Czech composers of the second half of the 20th century. He studied at the Prague Conservatory, as a pupil of Jaroslav Řídký, and at the master school under Jaroslav Křička. In 1939–1946 he worked as a director in the Czechoslovak Radio. Later (in 1950–1952) he was the chief-editor in the publishing house Orbis. In sixties he worked as a teacher at the Janáček's Academy in Brno.