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Karel Pexidr | |
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 Pexidr in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 4 November 1929 |
| Origin | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, teacher, composer |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Labels | Nakladatelství Alfa, Host do domu, Epocha |
| Website | www.karelpexidr.cz |
Karel Pexidr (born 4 November 1929, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech writer, lawyer, philosopher and composer of classical music. [1]
The history of the Pexidr family goes back to the South-Bohemian town of Protivín, yet both the parents and grandparents of Karel Pexidr lived in Pilsen, where he has been living to the present day. However, he was born in the Prague-Podolí maternity hospital (on 4 November 1929). After finishing his secondary studies at the classical grammar school in Pilsen in 1948, he went to Prague to study Law at the Legal Faculty of Charles University. He was forced to interrupt his studies in 1951 due to political interventions against certain cultured strata of inhabitants and summoned to more than two years of forced labour at a military type of camp. He was allowed to finish his studies in 1955, and finally to acquire the academic title of doctor. Then he worked in the position of a legal specialist in various socialist organizations existing in those times until 1990 when he was entitled to retire.d. Between 1993 and 1999 he lectured philosophy at the West-Bohemian University in Pilsen. Between 1993 and 2011 he was head of an agricultural cooperative at Horšice near Přeštice.
In 1963 he got married.
Pexidr did not find any public outlet for his literary works (much the same as the philosophic ones) before 1989. Down to that turning point the publishing houses under state control would not accept any manuscripts that did not comply with the political, ideological and cultural principles of the Communist regime.
The literary production of Karel Pexidr falls into three types of genre:
Pexidr has been an active musician since his early youth. He deepened his musical education acquired at the Smetana School of Music at Pilsen through further studies and consultations with František Rauch, pianist and professor at the Prague Academy of Music, as well as with composer Dr. Jindřich Feld in Prague. Pexidr´s musical work counts 119 compositions covering orchestral works, chamber pieces and vocal compositions for voice solo. A number of instructive pieces are dedicated to children.
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