Otmar Mácha (2 October 1922 in Mariánské Hory,

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– 14 December 2006 in

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) was a Czech composer.The Harvard biographical dictionary of music - Page 533 Don Michael Randel - 1996 "Macha, Otmar... as secretary of the Czech Composers' Union. From 1969 he worked at Czech Radio. Works include 4 operas: Polapená nevěra nfidelity Unmasked(1956-57), Jezero Ukereve ake Ukereve(1960-63), Svatba na oko eigned Wedding... Metamorphoses..the symphonic poem Noc a nadeje ight and Hope(1959); Variations on a Theme by Jan Rychlik (orchestra, 1964); Janinka zpivá aninka Sings He was member of the Quattro group of Czech composers with Sylvie Bodorová,

Luboš Fišer Luboš Fišer (30 September 1935 – 22 June 1999) was a Czech composer, born in Prague. He was known both for his soundtracks and chamber music. From 1952 to 1956 he studied composition at the Prague Conservatory as a pupil of Emil Hlobil. Fr ...

and Zdeněk Lukáš.

Works

Operas: * Polapená nevěra (Infidelity Unmasked 1958) * Jezero Ukereve (Lake Ukereve 1963) * Svatba na oko (Feigned Wedding) * Tarzanova smrt (1963) * Nenávistná láska (2002) * Metamorphoses

References

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