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Pavel Bořkovec

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Pavel Bořkovec

Birth
Praha Klanovice, Okres Praha, Prague Capital City, Czech Republic
Death
22 Jul 1972 (aged 78)
Praha Klanovice, Okres Praha, Prague Capital City, Czech Republic
Burial
Prague, Okres Praha, Prague Capital City, Czech Republic GPS-Latitude: 50.1080329, Longitude: 14.3998974
Plot
1-5/14
Memorial ID
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Pavel Bořkovec born Prague 10 June 1894 and died there 22 July 1972 was a Czech composer and pedagogue.

He studied at the Pražská konzervatoř under Josef Suk starší (1874-1935).
His teachers were Jaroslav Křička (1882-1969) and Josef Caspar Franz Förster aka Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951).
From 1946 to 1967 he taught at the Akademie múzických umění v Praze. His students included Pavel Blatny (1931-), Jiri Pauer (1919-2007), Vladimir Sommer (1921-1997), Petr Eben (1929-2007), Jan Klusák "Jan Filip Porges" (1934-), Jan Novák (1921-1984), Jan Truhlář (1928-2007), Radim Drejsl (1923-1953), and Miroslav Raichl (1930-1998).

Selected works

Stage

Krysař, Ballet-Pantomime in 2 scenes (1939)
Paleček, Opera (1959)
Satyr, Opera 1942 after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Orchestra

Concerto for cello and orchestra (1952)
Concerto No.1 for piano and orchestra (1931)
Concerto No.2 for piano and orchestra (1949–1950)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Concerto grosso (1942)
Partita per grande orchestra (1936)
Sinfonietta in uno movimento (1967–1968)
Symphony No.1, Op.6
Symphony No.2 (1955)
Symphony No.3 (1959)

Chamber music

Dva tance, Tango a Menuet (2 Dances, Tango and Minuet) for saxophone (violin ad lib.) and piano
Intermezzo for horn (or cello) and piano (1965)
Nonet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1940–1941)
Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1932)
Sonata for viola solo, Op.12 (1933)
Sonata No.1 for violin and piano (1934)
Sonata No.2 for violin and piano (1956)
Sonatina for violin and piano (1942)
String Quartet No.1 (1925)
String Quartet No.2, Op.7
String Quartet No.3
String Quartet No.4 (before 1948)
String Quartet No.5 (1961)
Sinfonietta da Camera

Piano

Suite for Piano (1931)
Dvě klavírní skladby (2 Piano Pieces)

Vocal

Jen jedenkrát, Melodrama on a poem by Vladimír Vašek "Petr Bezruče" or "Petr Bezruč" (1867-1958)
7 Písní na básně Vítězslava Nezvala (7 Songs on Poems of Vítězslav Nezval 1900-1958) for soprano and piano, Op.15
Rozmarné písně for baritone and piano (1932)
Šest písní pro detský sbor (6 Songs for Children's Chorus) 1949 on poems by Jaroslav Seifert (1901-1986)
Sny (Dreams), 7 Songs for alto and orchestra
Pavel Bořkovec born Prague 10 June 1894 and died there 22 July 1972 was a Czech composer and pedagogue.

He studied at the Pražská konzervatoř under Josef Suk starší (1874-1935).
His teachers were Jaroslav Křička (1882-1969) and Josef Caspar Franz Förster aka Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951).
From 1946 to 1967 he taught at the Akademie múzických umění v Praze. His students included Pavel Blatny (1931-), Jiri Pauer (1919-2007), Vladimir Sommer (1921-1997), Petr Eben (1929-2007), Jan Klusák "Jan Filip Porges" (1934-), Jan Novák (1921-1984), Jan Truhlář (1928-2007), Radim Drejsl (1923-1953), and Miroslav Raichl (1930-1998).

Selected works

Stage

Krysař, Ballet-Pantomime in 2 scenes (1939)
Paleček, Opera (1959)
Satyr, Opera 1942 after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Orchestra

Concerto for cello and orchestra (1952)
Concerto No.1 for piano and orchestra (1931)
Concerto No.2 for piano and orchestra (1949–1950)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Concerto grosso (1942)
Partita per grande orchestra (1936)
Sinfonietta in uno movimento (1967–1968)
Symphony No.1, Op.6
Symphony No.2 (1955)
Symphony No.3 (1959)

Chamber music

Dva tance, Tango a Menuet (2 Dances, Tango and Minuet) for saxophone (violin ad lib.) and piano
Intermezzo for horn (or cello) and piano (1965)
Nonet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1940–1941)
Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1932)
Sonata for viola solo, Op.12 (1933)
Sonata No.1 for violin and piano (1934)
Sonata No.2 for violin and piano (1956)
Sonatina for violin and piano (1942)
String Quartet No.1 (1925)
String Quartet No.2, Op.7
String Quartet No.3
String Quartet No.4 (before 1948)
String Quartet No.5 (1961)
Sinfonietta da Camera

Piano

Suite for Piano (1931)
Dvě klavírní skladby (2 Piano Pieces)

Vocal

Jen jedenkrát, Melodrama on a poem by Vladimír Vašek "Petr Bezruče" or "Petr Bezruč" (1867-1958)
7 Písní na básně Vítězslava Nezvala (7 Songs on Poems of Vítězslav Nezval 1900-1958) for soprano and piano, Op.15
Rozmarné písně for baritone and piano (1932)
Šest písní pro detský sbor (6 Songs for Children's Chorus) 1949 on poems by Jaroslav Seifert (1901-1986)
Sny (Dreams), 7 Songs for alto and orchestra

Inscription

PAVEL BOŘKOVEC HUDEBNÍ SKLADATEL
10. 6. 1894 - 22. 7. 1972


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