List of Czech composers
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List of selected composers born or trained in Czechia.
Active in the Sixteenth Century
- Jan Blahoslav (1523-1571)
- Jan Simonides Montanus (1530-1540 to 1587)
- Simon Bar Jona Madelka (1530-1550 to ~1598)
Active in the Sixteenth and early Seventeenth Century
- Jiří Rychnovský (1545-1616)
- Jan Trojan Turnovský (before 1550-1606)
- Pavel Spongopaeus Jistebnický (1560-1616)
- Kryštof Harantz Polžic a Bezdružic (1564–1621)
- Jan Campanus Vodňanský (1572–1622)
Active in the Seventeenth Century
- Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (~1600-1676)
- Alberik Mazák (1609-1661)
- Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (~1640-1693)
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644–1704) (born Stráž pod Ralskem, 50 miles n. of Prague)
Active in the Seventeenth and early Eighteenth Century
- Václav Karel Holan Rovenský (~1644-1718)
- Jan Ignác František Vojta (cca 1660-before 1725)
Active in the Eighteenth Century
- Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745)
- Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský (1684–1742)
- Jan Josef Ignác Brentner (1689–1742)
- Šimon Brixi (1693–1735)
- František Antonín Václav Míča (1694–1744)
- Jan Václav Antonín Stamic (generally known as Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz ; 1717–1757)
- František Ignác Tůma (1704–1774)
- Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (born Jan Křtitel Jiří Neruda; approx 1707-1780)
- František Benda (aka Franz Benda; 1709–1786)
- Franz Xaver Richter (born in Moravia, 1709–1789)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck (for whom Czech was the first language) (1714–1787)
- Jiří Antonín Benda (aka George Benda; brother of Franz Benda; 1722–1795)
- František Xaver Pokorný (1729–1794)
- Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774)
- František Kočvara (1730–1791)
- František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799)
- František Brixi (1732–1771)
- Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781)
- Karel Stamic (1745–1801)
- Jiří Ignác Linek (1725–1791)
- Antonio Rosetti (born Anton Rössler) (circa 1750-1792)
Active in Eighteenth Century and Early Nineteenth
- Jan Křtitel Vaňhal (1739–1813)
- Václav Pichl (1741–1805)
- Jiří Družecký (1745-1819)
- Jan Václav Stich (1746–1803)
- Josef Fiala (1748–1816)
- Antonín Kraft (1749–1820)
- Václav Mašek (1755–1833)
- Pavel Vranický (1756–1808)
- Franz Krommer (1759–1831; born as František Kramář)
- Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)
- Antonín Vranický (1761–1820)
- Jakub Jan Ryba (1765–1815)
- Antonín Rejcha (1770–1836)
- Wenzeslaus Matiegka (1773-1830)
- Václav Jan Tomášek (1774-1850)
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
Active in the Nineteenth Century
- František Doubravský (1790-1867)
- Jan Václav Voříšek (1791-1825)
- František Škroup (1801–1862)
- Pavel Křížkovský (1820–1885)
- Hans Hampel (1822–1884)
- Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884)
- Vilém Blodek (1834–1874)
- Karel Bendl (1838–1897)
- Zdeněk Fibich (1850–1900)
Active in the Nineteenth Century and Early Twentieth
- Wilhelm Kuhe (1823–1912)
- Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
- Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)
- Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859–1951)
- Gustav Mahler (1860-1911; born in Kaliště, Bohemia)
- Emil Votoček (1862–1950)
- František Drdla (1868–1944)
- Ludvík Čelanský (1870–1931)
- Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949)
- Julius Fučík (1872–1916)
- Josef Suk (1874–1935)
- Jan Kubelík (1880–1940)
Active in the Twentieth Century
- Ladislav Vycpálek (1882–1969)
- Václav Kaprál (1889–1947)
- Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
- František Suchý (Prague composer) (1891–1973)
- Otakar Jeremiáš (1892–1962)
- Alois Hába (1893–1973)
- Ervin Schulhoff (1894–1942)
- Pavel Bořkovec (1894–1972)
- Sláva Vorlová (1894–1973)
- František Brož (1896–1962)
- Jaromír Weinberger (1896–1967)
- Viktor Ullmann (1898–1944)
- Pavel Haas (1899–1944)
- František Suchý (Brno composer) (1902–1977)
- Iša Krejčí (1904–1968)
- Theodor Schaefer (1904–1969)
- Jaroslav Ježek (1906–1942)
- Jiří Srnka (1907-1982)
- Václav Trojan (1907–1983)
- Miloslav Kabeláč (1908–1979)
- Jan Zdeněk Bartoš (1908–1981)
- Jan Seidel (1908–1998)
- Klement Slavický (1910–1999)
- Rafael Kubelík (1914–1996)
- Jan Hanuš (1915–2004)
- Emil Hlobil (1901-1987)
- Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
- Gideon Klein (1919–1945)
- Jiří Pauer (1919–2007)
- Ludvík Podéšť (1921–1968)
- Jan Novák (1921–1984)
- Zdeněk Liška (1922–1983)
- Radim Drejsl (1923–1953)
- Jiří Hudec (1923–1996)
- Lubor Bárta (1928–1972)
- Miloslav Ištvan (1928–1990)
- Luboš Fišer (1935–1999)
- Elena Petrová (1929–2002)
Active in the Twentieth Century and early Twenty-First
- Karel Husa (born 1921)
- Ilja Hurník (born 1922)
- Viktor Kalabis (1923–2006)
- Zdeněk Lukáš (1928–2007)
- Antonín Tučapský (born 1928)
- Petr Eben (1929–2007)
- Marek Kopelent (born 1932)
- Jan Klusák (born 1934)
- Jiří Teml (born 1935)
- Tomáš Svoboda (born 1939)
- Jaroslav Krček (born 1939)
- Ivana Loudová (born 1941)
- Otomar Kvěch (born 1950)
- Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)
- Vladimír Hirsch (born 1954)
- Jiří Gemrot (born 1957)
- Martin Smolka (born 1959)
[edit] External links
- Czech Music Information Centre List of 20th-century and contemporary composers, compiled and maintained by the Czech Music Information Centre (Prague)
