Fran Lhotka

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

Lhotka was born in Mladá Vožice near Prague.[1] He was a student of Antonín Dvořák.[1] In 1909, he moved to Zagreb in what is now Croatia.[1]

A very few of his many works[1] include:

  • Violin Concerto [2]
  • Piano Concerto [2]
  • Symphony [2]
  • String quartet in G minor (1911)[3]
  • The Devil in the Village (ballet in 8 scenes) (by 1935)[4]
  • Film People Will Survive (1947)[1](Zivjece ovaj narod)
  • Concerto for Strings (by 1957)[5]
  • Frescoes, Three Symphonic Movements (1957)[6]
  • Film The Master of his Own Body (1957)[1](Svoga tela gospodar)
  • Sljepačka for viola and piano (1960)
  • Serenade for two flutes, clarinet and piano[7]

Fran Lhotka died in Zagreb.[1]

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.

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Josip Andreis : Povijest hrvatske glazbe
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  4. OCLC 15864659.
  5. OCLC 247796659.
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  7. OCLC 51804210.

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