Dalibor Cyril Vackár
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Dalibor Cyril Vačkář was one of the most popular contemporary Czech
composers, renowned throughout Czechoslovakia
.
Dalibor C. Vačkář was born on September 19, 1906, on the island of Korcule in the Adriatic, a son of Václav Vačkář (1881–1954), a musician who later became synonymous with Czech popular music, and Johanna Faltys, an actress.
Vačkář studied composition with Josef Suk
(a pupil and son-in-law of Antonín Dvořák
), and violin with Karel Hoffman at the Prague Conservatory of Music and Master school, and graduated in 1931. His early compositions reflect the influence of his teacher Josef Suk. They are lyrical, heartfelt and contemplative, and express new formations of harmony and timbre. However, the new musical language of pre-war modernism and the spontaneity of jazz prompted him to set out on his own compositional path.
From early on he was attracted to solo and concert compositions for a wide variety of instruments. The source of this can be found in part in the legacy of his father, the popular composer of waltzes, marches, serenades and songs with whom he also wrote a very popular "Instrumentation for symphony orchestra and brass music“ and also from his own experience as a professional instrumentalist. He created two violin concertos, a piano concerto, a concert for organ, harpsichord, oboe, clarinet, concerto for bassoon, a jazz concerto for trumpet, a concerto for percussions, and one for trombone. All these works have in common unusual and interesting instrumental combinations and rhythmic drive.
Notable among his chamber music compositions are: Concerto for string quartet, 2 sonatas for violin and piano - Dedication and Musica Intima, Furiant for string trio, the brass quintet, compositions for guitar and flute, guitar and cello, for trumpet and organ, numerous pieces for piano and other.
When he reached the zenith of his creativity, Vačkář became a wholeheartdly modern composer who, nevertheless, remained true to his Czech roots. In all of his music, harmonies, rhythms and instrumentation are marked by great gusto and dialogue between his inner self and the "roaring world" outside.
From his orchestral works the most accomplished are: Smoking symphony, third of his five symphonies, the Symphoniette for French Horn, Piano and Orches-tra, the Symphonic Scherzo, the Furiant, the Appellatio for Orchestra and Choir Prelude for Chamber Orchestra, Extempore 84 and a wide range of vocal compositions.
Additionally, his popular dance songs and numerous film scores were widely popular in the Czech Republic and won him a permanent place in the hearts of many native listeners.
Dalibor C. Vačkář died in Prague on October 21, 1984.
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composers, renowned throughout 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...
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Dalibor C. Vačkář was born on September 19, 1906, on the island of Korcule in the Adriatic, a son of Václav Vačkář (1881–1954), a musician who later became synonymous with Czech popular music, and Johanna Faltys, an actress.
Vačkář studied composition with Josef Suk
Josef Suk (composer)
Josef Suk was a Czech composer and violinist.- Life :Suk was born in Křečovice. He studied at Prague Conservatory from 1885 to 1892, where he was a pupil of Antonín Dvořák and Antonín Bennewitz. In 1898, he married Dvořák's eldest daughter, Otilie Dvořáková , affectionately known as Otilka...
(a pupil and son-in-law of Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Dvorák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
), and violin with Karel Hoffman at the Prague Conservatory of Music and Master school, and graduated in 1931. His early compositions reflect the influence of his teacher Josef Suk. They are lyrical, heartfelt and contemplative, and express new formations of harmony and timbre. However, the new musical language of pre-war modernism and the spontaneity of jazz prompted him to set out on his own compositional path.
From early on he was attracted to solo and concert compositions for a wide variety of instruments. The source of this can be found in part in the legacy of his father, the popular composer of waltzes, marches, serenades and songs with whom he also wrote a very popular "Instrumentation for symphony orchestra and brass music“ and also from his own experience as a professional instrumentalist. He created two violin concertos, a piano concerto, a concert for organ, harpsichord, oboe, clarinet, concerto for bassoon, a jazz concerto for trumpet, a concerto for percussions, and one for trombone. All these works have in common unusual and interesting instrumental combinations and rhythmic drive.
Notable among his chamber music compositions are: Concerto for string quartet, 2 sonatas for violin and piano - Dedication and Musica Intima, Furiant for string trio, the brass quintet, compositions for guitar and flute, guitar and cello, for trumpet and organ, numerous pieces for piano and other.
When he reached the zenith of his creativity, Vačkář became a wholeheartdly modern composer who, nevertheless, remained true to his Czech roots. In all of his music, harmonies, rhythms and instrumentation are marked by great gusto and dialogue between his inner self and the "roaring world" outside.
From his orchestral works the most accomplished are: Smoking symphony, third of his five symphonies, the Symphoniette for French Horn, Piano and Orches-tra, the Symphonic Scherzo, the Furiant, the Appellatio for Orchestra and Choir Prelude for Chamber Orchestra, Extempore 84 and a wide range of vocal compositions.
Additionally, his popular dance songs and numerous film scores were widely popular in the Czech Republic and won him a permanent place in the hearts of many native listeners.
Dalibor C. Vačkář died in Prague on October 21, 1984.