Petr Skoumal (7 March 1938 – 28 September 2014) was a

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and

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. Skoumal focused on film music. He also composed music for animated shorts (i.e. '' Maxipes Fik''). In the past he made several stage performances with

Jan Vodňanský Jan Vodňanský (19 June 1941 – 10 March 2021) was a Czech writer, songwriter, singer and humorist. He was best known for his collaboration with musician Petr Skoumal. Biography Vodňanský was born on 19 June 1941 in Prague. He studied at Con ...

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. After the break-up of the duo he made several

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s for adults, echoing the

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times (i.e. ''Half-life'', ''March''). In the 90s he started a series of albums for children, based on the stories of

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and Jan Vodňanský (i.e. '' If the Pig Had Wings'', ''Pastries'', ''How to hunt a Gorilla''). The former was made into a stage performance for

Divadlo v Dlouhé Divadlo v Dlouhé is a repertoire theatre with a permanent group of actors established in 1996 as a set financed by the Municipality of Prague. The group of actors comprises graduates of the ''Theatre Academy of Musical Arts'', part of the actors ...

. He was a son of the notable Czech translator Aloys Skoumal. He died in 2014 at age of 76. His funeral was held at the

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in Prague.

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