Name Karel Kovarovic | Role Composer | |
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Died December 6, 1920, Prague, Czech Republic Education Prague Conservatory (1873–1879) Compositions The Dogheads, The Dogheads, At the Old Bleachery, At the Old Bleachery, The Bridegrooms, The Bridegrooms, Cesta oknem, Cesta oknem, The Night of Saint Simon and Jude, The Night of Saint Simon and Jude Similar People Zdenek Fibich, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Vilem Blodek, Beno Blachut, Anny Ondra | ||
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Karel Kovařovic (Prague, 9 December 1862 – Prague, 6 December 1920) was a Czech composer and conductor.
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Karel kova ovic concert in fa minor pentru pian si orchestra op 6
Life
From 1873 to 1879 he studied clarinet, harp and piano at the Prague Conservatory. He began his career as a harpist. In 1900 Kovařovic became the conductor of the national theatre in Prague, due mostly to the success of his opera The Dogheads, after the novel of the same name (about Jan Sladký Kozina) by Alois Jirásek. His engagement at the National Theatre lasted twenty years, until 1920. He composed seven operas.
Kovařovic is most remembered today for the revisions he made to Leoš Janáček's Jenůfa for its premiere in Prague, and it was in his version that the opera was heard for many years.
A recording of The Dogheads, featuring Beno Blachut, exists.
Orchestra
Works for wind band
Incidental music
Works for choir
Song
- Der Abendstern – text: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
- Gottes Nähe
- Frühlings Mahnung – text: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
- Im Arm der Liebe schlummre ein – text: Georg Scheurlin
Chamber music
Works for piano
- Pasačka
- Starodávný
- Holuběnka