Jan Kapr (12 March 1914, in

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– 29 April 1988, in Prague) was one of the most prolific

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composers of the second half of the 20th century.

Life

He studied at the

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, as a pupil of

Jaroslav Řídký Jaroslav Řídký (25 August 1897 – 14 August 1956) 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 Bohus ...

, and at the master school under

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. In 1939–1946 he worked as a director in the Czechoslovak Radio. Later (in 1950–1952) he was the chief-editor in the publishing house ''Orbis''. In sixties he worked as a teacher at the ''Janáček's Academy'' in Brno. His work was also part of the music event in the art competition at the

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References

Sources

Jaroslav Smolka: ''Malá encyklopedie hudby''. Prague: Editio Supraphon, 1983. (p. 315-316)

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