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.
Josef Suk was a Bohemian 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.
Humpolec is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. It is situated roughly halfway between Prague and Brno, on the northwestern edge of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands.
Hlučín is a town in Opava District the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 14,000 inhabitants. It is the centre of the Hlučín Region.
Kroměříž is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 29,000 inhabitants.
Förster or Foerster is a German surname meaning "forester".. Notable people of this name include:
Josef Bohuslav Foerster was a Bohemian composer of classical music and musicologist. He is often referred to as J. B. Foerster, and his surname is sometimes spelled Förster.
Praskolesy is a village in Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 900 inhabitants.
Josef Wagner may refer to:
František Zdeněk Xavier Alois Skuherský was a Czech composer, pedagogue, and theoretician.
Antonin, Antonín, and Antoñín are masculine given names. Antonín, a Czech name in use in the Czech Republic, and Antonin, a French name in use in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana, Madagascar, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda, are both considered alternate forms of Antonino. Antoñín, a Spanish name in use in Spain, parts of the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Western Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands, is a diminutive form of Antonio. As a surname it is derived from the Antonius root name. Notable people with these names include the following:
Josef Forster may refer to:
Berta Foersterová was a Czech operatic soprano active in Germany. The wife of composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster, she met him while appearing at the Hamburg State Opera. She created the role of Desdemona in the Czech premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Otello, and sang Tatiana in the Czech premiere of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin; she also appeared in the world premiere of Antonín Dvořák's The Jacobin.
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.
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.
Madeline von Foerster is an American artist who resides in Germany.
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.
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