Leoš Firkušný was a Czechoslovak musicologist. He was born on July 16, 1905, in

Napajedla Napajedla (; german: Napajedl) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Etymology The town's name is derive ...

, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was an older brother of the famous pianist

Rudolf Firkušný Rudolf Firkušný (; 11 February 191219 July 1994) was a Moravians, Moravian-born, Moravian-American classical pianist. Life Born in Moravian town Napajedla, Firkušný started his musical studies with the composers Leoš Janáček and Josef ...

, and their sister Marie Kasiková (born Firkušná, October 11, 1909). He was an expert on Leoš Janáček and did much to bring his music to the listeners abroad. He was one of the founders of the music festival

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. He died on July 9, 1950, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Černušák (1963), p. 324

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