Jiří Bárta (19 June 1935 – 4 January 2012) was a

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and

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Biography

Jiří Bárta was born in Šumice,

Uherské Hradiště District Uherské Hradiště District ( cs, okres Uherské Hradiště) is a district ('' okres'') within the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Uherské Hradiště. List of municipalities Babice - Bánov - Bílovice - Bojkovi ...

. In his youth, he studied piano with organist and composer Emil Hába (1900–1982). He attended the

Brno Conservatory The Brno Conservatory, also Brno Conservatoire ( cs, Konzervatoř Brno), was established in Brno on 25 September 1919 by Moravian composer Leoš Janáček. History Leoš Janáček attempted to establish and improve high musical education in Br ...

from 1954 to 1958 studying piano with František Schäfer and

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with František Suchý. He continued to study composition at the

Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts The Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts ( cs, Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně; abbreviation in Czech: JAMU) is a public university with an artistic focus in Brno, Czech Republic. It was established in 1947 and consi ...

under

Vilém Petrželka Petrželka in 1931 Vilém Petrželka (10 September 1889, Brno, Moravia – 10 January 1967, Brno) was a prominent Czech composer and conductor. Petrželka was a pupil of Leoš Janáček, Vítězslav Novák and Karel Hoffmeister. From 1914 he ...

and Theodor Schaefer, graduating in 1962 with his ''Concerto for Orchestra''.Jiří Bárta at musicbase.cz
Retrieved 6 April 2013. Far more influential for Bárta were his post-graduate studies with

Miloslav Ištvan Miloslav Ištvan (2 September 1928 in Olomouc – 26 January 1990, in Brno) was a Czech people, Czech composer whose work was inspired by the works of Béla Bartók and by the orientation of the modal style of Folk music, folk songs. He studied Rom ...

and

Ctirad Kohoutek Ctirad Kohoutek (18 March 1929 in Zábřeh, Czechoslovakia – 19 September 2011 in Brno, Czech Republic) was a contemporary Czech composer, music theorist, and pedagogue. Life In 1948–1949 he studied composition, musical theory and conductin ...

at the Janáček Academy. These courses exposed him to the

Second Viennese School The Second Viennese School (german: Zweite Wiener Schule, Neue Wiener Schule) was the group of composers that comprised Arnold Schoenberg and his pupils, particularly Alban Berg and Anton Webern, and close associates in early 20th-century Vienna. ...

, Bartók and other 20th-century classics,

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.Hudební informační středisko: Bárta Jiří
Retrieved 6 April 2013. Bárta was a long-time professor of music theory and composition at the Brno Conservatory. His pupils include Alexander Müller, Karel Škarka and Jaroslav Kopecký. For his compositions, Bárta received the Union of Czech Composers and Concert Artists Award (1986) for ''Concerto da camera'' for piano and string orchestra, Czech Music Fund Award (1990) for ''Reliéfy'', and the Czech Music Fund Prize (1991) for ''Music for Strings „In memoriam Miloslav Ištvan“''. Bárta died in

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at the age of 76.

Selected works

;Stage * ''Pandořina skříňka'' (Pandora's Box), Dance Fairy-Tale for Children (1969) * ''Tři baletní scény: Passacaglia – Hledání – Výstraha'' (3 Ballet Scenes: Passacaglia – Seeking – Warning) (1972–1973) * ''Čitra'' (Chitra; Tschitra), Chamber Opera in 1 act (1994); libretto by Věra Kliková after

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

;Orchestral * ''Partita'' for string orchestra (1961) * ''Koncert pro orchestr'' (Concerto for Orchestra) (1962) * ''Barokní suita in D'' (Baroque Suite in D) (1973) * ''Reliéfy'' (Reliefs) (1988) * ''Hudba pro smyčce „In memoriam Miloslav Ištvan“'' (Music for Strings "In memoriam

") for string orchestra (1990) * ''Kánony a znělky'' (Canons and Tunes) for string orchestra (1992) * ''Dithyramb'', Overture ;Concertante * ''Concerto grosso'' for 2 violins, cello and string orchestra (1965) * ''Concerto da camera'' for piano and string orchestra (1984) * Concerto for viola, chamber string orchestra and piano (2001) * Concertino for piano, harpsichord and chamber ensemble (2002) ;Chamber music * Suite for bass clarinet and harpsichord (1962) * ''Fragmenty'' (Fragments) for clarinet and piano (1967) * ''Studie'' (Studies) for 2 accordions and piano (1968) * ''Progressioni'' for string quartet (1969) * ''Kontemplace'' (Contemplation) for accordion (1971) * ''3 Capriccia'' (3 Capriccios) for accordion (1976) * ''Lyrické variace'' (Lyric Variations) for violin and piano (1980) * ''Melancholie a vzdor'' (Melancholy and Defiance) for violin, cello and piano (1986) * ''Tesklivě a vzdorně'' (Wistfully and Defiantly), Trio for violin, cello and piano (1987) * Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1989) * ''Variace z podzimu'' (Autumn Variations) for bass clarinet and piano (1989) * ''Moments musicaux'' for string quartet (1997) * ''Musica per tre'', Composition for clarinet, bassoon and piano (1998) * ''Transformace'' (Transformations) for 2 percussionists (2001) * ''Zátiší'' (Still Life) for violin, clarinet and piano (2002) * ''Konfrontace'' (Confrontation) for bass clarinet and double bass ;Piano * ''Preludium and Toccata'' (1966) * ''Iluminace'' (Illuminations) for 2 pianos (1977) * ''2 Impromptus'' (1984) * ''Pozdravy mistrům'' (1996) * ''Sonatina difficile'' (1997) * ''3 Capricci in C'' (2000) * ''Tři etudy'' (3 Etudes) (2000) ;Vocal * ''Romantické písně na verše francouzských básníků'' (Romantic Songs to Verses by French Poets) for soprano, violin, horn and piano (1965) * ''Přípovídky od času a od muziky'' (Tales of Time and Music) for soprano, flute and piano (1992); words by

John Amos Comenius John Amos Comenius (; cs, Jan Amos Komenský; pl, Jan Amos Komeński; german: Johann Amos Comenius; Latinized: ''Ioannes Amos Comenius''; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considere ...

* ''Nápoj z révy, Šestero úvah'' (Drink of the Vine: Six Considerations) for baritone and piano (1998); words by John Amos Comenius * ''Řeči královské'' (Royal Speeches) for tenor, flute and guitar (2003)

References

External links

Jiří Bárta at the Czech Music Information Centre

Jiří Bárta at musicbase.cz
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