Viktor Foerster (26 August 1867 - 9 December 1915) was a Czech painter and mosaic artist. [1] He was the son of the composer Josef Foerster and younger brother of the composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster.
One of his major works was a large mosaic of the Virgin Mary, which is located in the pilgrimage church in Hostýn at the main temple entrance.
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana. Dvořák's style has been described as "the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them," and Dvořák has been described as "arguably the most versatile... composer of his time".
The Czechs, or the Czech people, are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and the Czech language.
Josef Suk was a Czech composer and violinist. He studied under Antonín Dvořák, whose daughter he married.
Established in 1869 on the grounds of Vyšehrad Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, the Vyšehrad Cemetery is the final resting place of many composers, artists, sculptors, writers, and those from the world of science and politics. The centerpiece of the cemetery is the Slavín tomb designed by Antonín Wiehl, a large and notable tomb located within Vyšehrad cemetery.
Förster or Foerster is a German surname meaning "forester".. Notable people of this name include:
Josef Bohuslav Foerster was a Czech composer and musicologist. He is often referred to as J. B. Foerster, and his surname is sometimes spelled Förster.
Josef Wagner may refer to:
The Prague Conservatory is a public music school in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1808. Currently, the school offers four- or six-year courses, which can be compared to the level of a high school diploma in other countries. Graduates can continue their training by enrolling in an institution that offers undergraduate education.
František Zdeněk Xavier Alois Skuherský was a Czech composer, pedagogue, and theoretician.
Josef Forster may refer to:
Ivan Ženatý is a Czech violinist.
Berta Foersterová was a Czech operatic soprano. She was active in Germany.
Otakar Hollmann was a Czech pianist who was notable in the repertoire for left-handed pianists. Although little known now, he was considered second only to Paul Wittgenstein in the promotion of the left-hand repertoire. He commissioned works for the left hand from a number of composers, most notably Janáček, Martinů, Schulhoff and Foerster. He was also a composer in his own right.
Emanuel Chvála was a Czech composer and music critic. He studied engineering and worked all his life as a railway official in Prague. But he had also studied composition with Fibich and Josef Foerster, and began writing music criticism for the literary magazine Lumír in 1878. He also wrote for the daily newspapers Politik and Národní politika between 1880 and 1921 using the cypher ‘-la’. In his journalism he furthered the music of Dvořák, Fibich, Josef Suk and Vítězslav Novák.
Eva is a Czech-language opera by Josef Bohuslav Foerster first performed in Prague in 1899. It is one of the "new realism" operas of the turn of the century with strong Moravian Slovak elements.
Patricia Goodson is an American pianist residing in the Czech Republic.
The Umělecká beseda was a Czech artists' forum, bringing together creative artists in literature, music and fine art. First founded in 1863, it formed an important part of Czech cultural life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Under Communism in the early 1950s it fell from favour, and it was closed in 1972. It was refounded in 1990, though without the return of previously-confiscated property. The Na Prádle Theater now occupies the building that the association had purpose-built in 1925.
Vlasta Prachatická was a Czech portrait sculptor, honorary member of the British Society of Portrait Sculptors.
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