Collegium Musicum (Marián Varga)
Encyclopedia
Collegium Musicum is a Slovak
art rock
band formed by Marián Varga
in Czechoslovakia
in late 1969.
Slovaks
The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
art rock
Art rock
Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, with influences from art, avant-garde, and classical music. The first usage of the term, according to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, was in 1968. Influenced by the work of The Beatles, most notably their Sgt...
band formed by Marián Varga
Marián Varga
Marián Varga is a Slovak musician, composer and organ player.-Biography:He has played piano since the age of six. He studied piano and composition at the conservatory in Bratislava. He left the conservatory after three years to become a member of the group Prúdy, and contributed to the legendary...
in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
in late 1969.
Discography
- 1970 Collegium Musicum
- 1970 EP Hommage à J.S.BachHommage à J.S.BachHommage à J.S.Bach is the first record of the Slovak art rock band Collegium Musicum. The music composed by organist Marián Varga is based on theme from Johann Sebastian Bach's Sarabande con Partite in C major .- External links :* * * *...
/Ulica plná plášťov do dažďa - 1971 Konvergencie
- 1973 Live
- 1975 Marián Varga & Collegium Musicum
- 1977 Continuo
- 1979 On a OnaOn a Ona-Official releases:* 1979: On a Ona, LP, MC, OPUS, #9113 0727* 1997: On a Ona, re-release, CD, bonus track, #91 2614* 2007: On a Ona, re-release, CD #91 2776-Credits and personnel:...
- 1981 Divergencie
- 1989 Všetko je inak
- 1997 Collegium Musicum '97
Members
- Marián VargaMarián VargaMarián Varga is a Slovak musician, composer and organ player.-Biography:He has played piano since the age of six. He studied piano and composition at the conservatory in Bratislava. He left the conservatory after three years to become a member of the group Prúdy, and contributed to the legendary...
organ (1969-present) - Fedor Frešo bass-guitar (1970-1973, 1977-1979, 1992-present)
- Dušan Hájek drums (1970-1975, 1977-1979, 1997)
- František Griglák guitar (1971-1972, 1997-present)
- Fedor Letňan guitar (1969)
- Rasťo Vacho guitar (1969,1971)
- Pavel Váně guitar (1970)
- Ivan Belák bass-guitar (1973-1975)
- Jozef Farkaš guitar (1974-1975)
- Peter Szapu drums (1975-1977)
- Andrej Horváth guitar (1975-1977)
- Ľudovít Nosko vocal (1977-1979)
- Peter Peteraj guitar (1979-1981)
- Anastasis Engonidis bass-guitar (1981)
- Cyril Zeleňák drums (1981, 1992,)
- Pavol Kozma drums (1979-1981)
- Karel Witz guitar (1977-1979)
- Martin ValihoraMartin ValihoraMartin Valihora is a Slovak drummer and percussionist.Valihora studied piano between 1986–1987, but then switched to drums, having received private lessons from a Slovak drummer Oldo Petráš. He then studied drums and percussions at the Conservatorium in Bratislava between 1990-1992...
drums (2008-present)
See also
- Collegium MusicumCollegium MusicumThe Collegium Musicum was one of several types of musical societies that arose in German and German-Swiss cities and towns during the Reformation and thrived into the mid-18th century...
- a type of musical society - The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All TimeThe 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All TimeThe 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time is a list of the best album releases issued by Slovak recording artists. As the first such list presented in Slovakia, it was published by Nový čas daily on September 22, 2007....