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 ŘÃdký, and at the master school under Jaroslav KÅ™iÄka. 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 JanáÄek's Academy in Brno. |