Elena Petrová

Elena Petrová, née Krupková (9 November 1929 – 2002) was a Czech composer. She was born in Modrý Kameň, and studied piano with Karel Hoffmeister and composition with Jan Kapr and Miloslav Istvan at the Janáček Academy of Music. After completing her studies, she taught music theory at the Charles University in Prague.[1][2]

Works

Petrová composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, stage and opera performance, choral and vocal works, and incidental music for ballets, television and radio. Selected works include:

Stage
Orchestral
Chamber music
Keyboard
Vocal

Discography

Impromptus pro klavír (4 Impromptus for Piano); Jana Palkovská (piano)
Invokace (Invocation) for bass clarinet and piano; Josef Horák (bass clarinet); Emma Kovárnová (piano)

Notes

  1. Grove, Sir George; Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 29.
  2. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Martínková (1985), p. 210
  4. "Women in czech music". Retrieved 2 December 2010.

References

  • Martínková, Alena (ed.) (1985). Čeští skladatelé současnosti (Czech Contemporary Composers) (in Czech). Prague: Panton. 

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