Jaroslav Uhlíř (born 14 September 1945) is a Czech composer and pianist from

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. In the early 1970s, he was a member of the rock bands Providence and Faraon, together with bassist Karel Šíp. Later, he composed music for Czechoslovak National Radio, where he met

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. With him, Uhlíř released many albums of children's music. He also hosted the television show ''Hitšaráda'' and later ''Galašaráda'', where he collaborated with Šíp. In the 1980s, Uhlíř formed the parody group Triky a pověry with Šíp and

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. Between 1988 and 2017, Uhlíř worked with Zdeněk Svěrák on the children's music television show ''Hodina zpěvu'', which spawned a number of operettas, such as ''O Budulínkovi'' and ''O dvanácti měsícčkách''. Three of these became the basis of the

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film '' Three Brothers'' in 2014. Uhlíř has composed music for the films '' Long Live Ghosts!'' (1977), '' Waiter, Scarper!'' (1981), '' S čerty nejsou žerty'' (1984), ''

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'' (1997), among others.

Selected discography

with Zdeněk Svěrák

* ''Hodina zpěvu'' (1992) * ''Není nutno…'' (1993) * ''…aby bylo přímo veselo'' (1994) * ''Hlavně nesmí býti smutno…'' (1995) * ''…natož aby se brečelo'' (1997) * ''Zpěvník'' (compilation, 1997) * ''Nemít prachy – nevadí…'' (1999) * ''Vánoční a noční sny'' (2000) * ''Nemít srdce – vadí…'' (2001) * ''…zažít krachy – nevadí!'' (2003) * ''…zažít nudu – vadí!'' (2005) * ''20 let písniček z pořadu Hodina zpěvu'' (compilation, 2007) * ''Hity a skorohity'' (compilation, 2008) * ''Takovej ten s takovou tou'' (2009) * ''Písničky o zvířatech'' (compilation, 2010) * ''Alchymisti'' (2011) * ''Jupí'' (2014) * ''Operky'' (compilation, 2016) * ''Cirkusový stan'' (2016) * ''Ty nejlepší písničky v novém kabátě'' (2016)

with Karel Šíp

* ''Šíp a Uhlíř v Hitšarádě'' (1985) * ''Když jsou na to dva'' (1989) * ''A další hity'' (1990) – with Triky a pověry * ''Šíp a Uhlíř v Šarádě'' (1993)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uhlir, Jaroslav 1945 births Living people Czech rock singers Czech composers Czech male composers Czech film score composers 20th-century Czech male singers 21st-century Czech male singers Musicians from Prague Czech male pianists 21st-century Czech pianists 21st-century Czech male musicians