Kašpar Mašek or Gašpar Mašek (6 January 1794 – 13 May 1873) was a Czech-Slovenian composer.

The son of Vincenc Mašek, he was born and spent his early life in Prague and his later life in Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

, where he had a successful career as a composer for the theater. He composed opera

Opera

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

s, operetta

Operetta

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...

s, church music, and cantata

Cantata

A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....

s. Among his works are the patriotic Slovenian Overture (1870). He died in Ljubljana

Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...

. His son Kamilo Mašek

Kamilo Mašek

Kamilo Mašek was a Slovenian composer of Czech descent, son of the Czech-born Kašpar Mašek. He introduced more romantic influence into Slovenian music...

(1831-1859) was also a composer.