Lubor Bárta
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Lubor Bárta was a Czech composer
.
Bárta studied musicology
and aesthetics
from 1946 to 1948 at Charles University in Prague
and was a pupil of Jaroslav Řídký
at the Academy of Performing Arts
until 1952. While he was still a student he composed his first chamber works: Piano Variations, Three Polka Studies, Violin Sonata, Divertimento for Wind Quintet and String Quartet. His early compositions were influenced by Stravinsky
and Bartók
, but he gradually came into his own compositional style, especially apparent in his instrumental works. From 1952 to 1955 he was an artistic leader of the ensemble Proud. He subsequently lived as a teacher and freelance composer in Prague. Bartá died at the young age of forty-four.
He composed three symphonies, concerti, string quartets, piano pieces, sonatas and other chamber music.
Concertante
Chamber music
Keyboard
Vocal
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Bárta studied musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
and aesthetics
Aesthetics
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
from 1946 to 1948 at Charles University in Prague
Charles University in Prague
Charles University in Prague is the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1348, it was the first university in Central Europe and is also considered the earliest German university...
and was a pupil of Jaroslav Řídký
Jaroslav Rídký
Jaroslav Řídký was a Czech composer, conductor, harpist, and music teacher.-Life:Řídký was born at Reichenberg, now Liberec. From 1919 to 1923 he studied at the Prague Conservatory with Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Karel Boleslav Jirák, and Jaroslav Křička...
at the Academy of Performing Arts
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague is a university level school of music, dance, drama, film, TV and multi-media studies.- Faculties :*Film and TV School - FAMU*Music Faculty - HAMU*Theatre Faculty - DAMU-Notable alumni:...
until 1952. While he was still a student he composed his first chamber works: Piano Variations, Three Polka Studies, Violin Sonata, Divertimento for Wind Quintet and String Quartet. His early compositions were influenced by Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
and Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
, but he gradually came into his own compositional style, especially apparent in his instrumental works. From 1952 to 1955 he was an artistic leader of the ensemble Proud. He subsequently lived as a teacher and freelance composer in Prague. Bartá died at the young age of forty-four.
He composed three symphonies, concerti, string quartets, piano pieces, sonatas and other chamber music.
Selected works
Orchestral- Symphony No.1 (1955)
- Concerto for chamber orchestra (1956)
- Dramatická suita (Dramatic Suite) (1958)
- Z východních Čech (From Eastern Bohemia), Symphonic suite (1960)
- Ludī, Suite for chamber orchestra (1964)
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- Preludium
- Interludium
- Ludus nocturnus
- Ludus diurnus
- Symphony No.2 (1969)
- Musica romantica for string orchestra (1971)
- Symphony No.3 (1972)
Concertante
- Concerto No.1 for violin and orchestra (1952)
- Four Instrumental Solos for piano, violin, cello and flute with orchestral accompaniment (1955)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1957)
- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1959)
- Concerto No.2 for violin and orchestra (1969)
Chamber music
- Divertimento for Wind Quintet (1949)
- String Quartet No. 1 (1950)
- Sonata in G Major for violin and piano (1950)
- Sonatina in G Major for violin and piano (1952)
- Trio in C Major for violin, cello and piano (1955)
- Piano Trio in C Major (1955)
- Wind Quintet No.1 (1956)
- String Quartet No.2 (1957)
- Sonata for clarinet and piano (1958)
- Sonatina for trombone and piano (1956)
- Sonata No.2 for violin and piano (1959)
- Balada a burleska (Ballad and Burlesque) for cello and piano (1963)
- Concertino for trombone and piano (1964)
- Čtyři skladby (Four Compositions) for oboe (or clarinet) and piano (1965)
- Sonata for solo guitar (1965)
- Čtyři kusy (Four Pieces) for violin and guitar (1966)
- Sonata for flute and piano (1966)
- String Quartet No.3 (1966)
- Tři kusy (Three Pieces) for cello and piano (1968)
- Wind Quintet No.2 (1969)
- Amoroso for horn and piano (1971)
- Sonata for cello and piano (1971)
Keyboard
- Variations (1948)
- Three Polka Studies (1949)
- Preludium and Toccata (1950)
- Sonata No.1 for piano (1956)
- Sonata No.2 for piano (1961)
- Osm skladeb (Eight Compositions) for piano (1965)
- Osm skladeb pro mladé klavíristy (Eight Compositions for Young Pianists) (1967)
- Sonata for harpsichord (1967)
- Sonata No.3 for piano (1970)
Vocal
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, Cantata (1951); 3rd prize winner at the 3rd World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin3rd World Festival of Youth and StudentsThe Third World Festival of Youth and Students was held in 1951, in East Berlin, East Germany.The third WFYS was held in a period of growing international tension between the Soviet Union and the western powers; it took place against the background of the Korean War and the spread of communism in... - Zpěv nového věku (Song of the New Age), Cantata for chorus and orchestra (1962); text by Václav Nekvinda
- Tři mužské sbory (Three Male Choruses) (1963); words by Miroslav Florian, Paul VerlainePaul VerlainePaul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.-Early life:...
and František HrubínFrantišek HrubínFrantišek Hrubín , was a Czech poet and writer. He was a lifetime member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia .... - Čtyři písně pro děti (Four Songs for Children) with piano accompaniment (1965); words by Václav Nekvinda, J. Havel and Zdeněk Kriebel
- Čtyři dětské sbory (Four Children's Choruses) (1965); words by Zdeněk Kriebel