Jan Novák (8 April 1921,
Nová Říše – 17 November 1984,
Neu Ulm) was a Czech composer of classical music. Novák was primarily active in the 1960s and composed the music for several films of
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. Novák also composed music for the films of animators
Jiří Trnka and
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).
Jan Novák was also a
Contemporary Latin
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poet, under the pen name Ianus Novak. In 1970 he was awarded the ''magna laus'' at the Amsterdam Latin poetry competition, the '.
Selected works
* Concerto for oboe and orchestra (1952)
* ''Baletti a 9'' for nonett (1955)
* Concerto for two pianos and orchestra (1955)
* Concertino for wind quintett (1957)
* Capriccio for cello and orchestra (1958)
* ''Dulces cantilenae'' for soprana and cello (1961)
* ''Passer Catulli'' for bass and nonett (1962)
* ''Ioci vernales'' for bass, octet and tape (1964)
* ''Dido'', cantata for mezzosopran, speaker, men's choir and orchestra (1967)
* ''Exercitia mythologica'' for four- to eight-part mixed choir (1968)
* ''Ignis pro Ioanne Palach'' for choir and orchestra (1969)
* ''Apicius modulatus'' for voice and guitar (1971)
* ''Odarum concentus'' for strings orchestra (1973)
* ''Schola cantans'' for voice and piano (1973)
* ''Dulcitius'', opera (1974)
* ''Concentus Biiugis'' for 4-hands piano and orchestra (1976)
* ''Due preludi e fughe'' for flute (1979)
* ''Ludi concertantes'' (1981)
* ''Sonata da chiesa'' I and II for flute and organ (1981)
* ''Sonata super hoson zes'' for violin or flute and piano (1981)
* ''Aesopia'' for four-part mixed choir and 2 pianos or small orchestra (1981)
* ''Vernalis temporis symphonia'' for soli, choir and orchestra (1982)
* ''Symphonia bipartita'' (1983)
* ''Sonata tribus'' for flute, violin and piano (1982)
* ''Marsyas'' for piccolo and piano (1983)
* ''Cantica Latina'' for voice and piano (discovered in 1985)
External links
Official Jan Novák site includes biography, discography, sample scores etc.
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1921 births
1984 deaths
People from Nová Říše
Czech classical composers
Czech male classical composers
Czechoslovak classical composers
20th-century Czech male musicians
Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
20th-century writers in Latin
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