Petrželka in 1931 Vilém Petrželka (10 September 1889,

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– 10 January 1967, Brno) was a prominent Czech

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

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. Petrželka was a pupil of

Leoš Janáček Leoš Janáček (, 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, Music theory, music theorist, Folkloristics, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian folk music, Moravian and other Slavs, Slavic music, includin ...

Vítězslav Novák Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (5 December 1870 – 18 July 1949) was a Czech composer and academic teacher at the Prague Conservatory. Stylistically, he was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music is considered an important e ...

and Karel Hoffmeister. From 1914 he taught composition at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts and the School of the Philharmonic Society in Brno.

Selected works

;Orchestra * ''Pochod bohémů'' (March of the Bohemians) (1919) * ''Věčný návrat'', Symphony in 3 Parts, Op.13 (1922–1923) * ''Dramatická ouvertura'' (Preludio drammatico), Op.26 (1932) * ''Partita'' for string orchestra, Op.31 (1934) * ''Moravský tanec'' (Moravian Dance) * ''Pastorální symfonietta'', Op.51 * Symphony, Op.56 (1955–1956) ;Concertante * Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op.40 ;Chamber music * String Quartet in B major, Op.2 * String Quartet in C minor, Op.6 * ''Zimní nálada'' (Winter Mood) for violin and piano (1907) * ''Z intimních chvil'' (From Intimate Moments), 3 Pieces for violin and piano, Op.9 (1918) * ''Fantasie'' for string quartet, Op.19 (1927) * Sonata for cello solo, Op.23 (1930) * Sonata for violin and piano, Op.29 (1933) * Piano Trio, Op.32 (1937) * ''4 Impromptus'' for violin and piano, Op.36 (1940) * ''Divertimento'' for woodwind quintet, Op.39 (1941) * ''Serenáda'' for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1945) * String Quartet No.5, Op.43 (1947) * ''Dvě skladby'' (2 Pieces) for cello (or viola) and piano, Op.45 (1947) * ''Miniatury'' for woodwind quintet (1953) * Sonatina for violin and piano (1953) * Suite for string quartet ;Piano * ''Andante cantabile'' * ''Drobné klavírní skladby'' * ''Svatební suita'' (Wedding Suite) (1912) * ''Písně poezie i prozy'' (Songs in Verse and Prose), Op.8 (1917) * Suite for piano, Op.22 (1943) * ''Pět prostých skladeb'', Op.47 * ''Pět nálad'' (5 Moods), Op.55 (1954) ;Vocal * ''Živly'' (Elements), Song Cycle for baritone and orchestra, Op.7 (1917) * ''Samoty duše'' (Solitude of the Heart; Einsamkeiten der Seele), 4 Songs for voice and piano, Op.10 (1919) * ''Cesta'' (The Path; Der Weg), Song Cycle for tenor and chamber orchestra, Op.14 (1924) * ''Dvojí noc – Odpočinutí'' for voice and piano, Op.25 * ''Přírodní snímky'' (Natural Images), Song Cycle for voice and piano, Op.30 (1933) * ''Písně milostné'' (Love Songs) for voice and piano, Op.35 (1943); words by Bábá Táhir Urján * ''Písně v lidovém tónu'' (Songs in Folk Tone) for voice and piano * ''Štafeta'' for voice and string quartet ;Choral * ''Jitřní píseň'' (Morning Song) for male chorus and piano * ''Námořník Mikuláš'', Oratorio (Symphonic Drama) for soloists, narrator, mixed chorus, orchestra, jazz orchestra and organ * ''Slováckou pěšinou'', Folk Songs for male chorus, Op.12 (1921) * ''To je má zem'' for male chorus, Op.37; words by Jaroslav Zatloukal

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