František Brož

František Brož (10 April 1896 in Prague – 21 July 1962 in Prague) was a Czech violist, composer, conductor and music educator.

Biography

Brož studied violin at the Prague Conservatory with Jindřich Baštař. He later studied composition with Josef Bohuslav Foerster and Vítězslav Novák, and conducting under Otakar Ostrčil and Václav Talich. He played viola in the Czech Philharmonic[1] as well as orchestras in Vienna and Istanbul, and was choirmaster of various choral societies in Prague.

For several years Brož was active in Hranice in Moravia conducting the symphony orchestra and choir. He returned to Prague in 1940 where he taught music and conducted the Studio Opera Company. From 1945, Brož taught music theory at the Prague Conservatory, and was also a lecturer at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague from 1947 to 1950.[1]

Brož's compositions include a ballet, music for orchestra, chamber music, as well as songs and choral works. In 1948 he published a book on basso continuo and figured bass musical notation.

Selected works

Stage
Orchestral
Concertante
Chamber music
Organ
Piano
Vocal
Choral
Literature

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 Gardavský, Čeněk (1965), Contemporary Czechoslovak Composers, Prague: Panton, pp. 71–72
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