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Name
  
Fran Lhotka

Role
  
Composer

Fran Lhotka httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediahr55aFra
Died
  
January 26, 1962, Zagreb, Croatia

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Fran Lhotka: The Devil in the Village, Village Wedding (Đavo u selu, Seoska Svadba)


Fran Lhotka (25 December 1883 – 26 January 1962) was a Czech-born Croatian composer of classical music.

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Lhotka was born in Mlada Vozice near Prague. He was a student of Antonin Dvorak. In 1909, he moved to Zagreb in what is now Croatia.

A very few of his many works include:

  • Violin Concerto
  • Piano Concerto
  • Symphony
  • String quartet in G minor (1911)
  • The Devil in the Village (ballet in 8 scenes) (by 1935)
  • Film People Will Survive (1947)(Zivjece ovaj narod)
  • Concerto for Strings (by 1957)
  • Frescoes, Three Symphonic Movements (1957)
  • Film The Master of his Own Body (1957)(Svoga tela gospodar)
  • Sljepacka for viola and piano (1960)
  • Serenade for two flutes, clarinet and piano

    • Fran Lhotka died in Zagreb.

    He had three sons, Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski (1913–1987), also a composer; Nenad Lhotka, a ballet dancer/ballet master of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (married to Alis Jill Morse); and Sasha Lhotka.

    Fran lhotka the devil in the village introduction avo u selu uvod


    Songs

    The Devil in the Village Suite: V Witches' Orgy
    The Devil in the Village Suite: III In Hell
    The Devil in the Village Suite: VII Mirko's Escape From Hell - General Rejoicing
    The Devil in the Village Suite: II Dance
    The Devil in the Village Suite: VI The Return of Light
    The Devil in the Village Suite: I The Devil Plots Against the Two Lovers - Mirko & Yela
    The Devil in the Village Suite: IV Witches' Sabbath

    References

    Fran Lhotka Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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