Vladimír Godár (born 16 March 1956, in

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) is a Slovak classical and

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composer. He is also known for his collaboration with the Czech violinist, singer, and composer

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. As an academic, he is a writer, editor, and translator of books on historical music research. He has been active in reviving the music and reputation of 19th-century Slovak composer Ján Levoslav Bella. Godár studied composition under Juraj Pospíšil and piano under Mária Masariková at the Bratislava Conservatory. In 1979, he began work as editor of the music books department of the record label OPUS, and he taught at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava from 1985. His work is little known outside Slovakia, with much of his music released by Slovart. Amongst his compositions is a large-scale

sonata In music a sonata (; pl. ''sonate'') literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cantare'', "to sing"), a piece ''sung''. The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until th ...

for

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

dedicated to the memory of Victor Shklovsky. Godár won the 2001 Georges Delerue Award for the score of the film ''

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''. His 1998 collection of essays ''Heretical Quodlibets''" is scheduled to be published in English by

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in 2024, as part of its Eastern European Literature series.

Selected discography

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Concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The ...

Grosso and

Partita Partita (also ''partie'', ''partia'', ''parthia'', or ''parthie'') closely resemble the dance suites of the Baroque music, Baroque Period (and are often used synonymously with Suite (music), suites) with the addition of a prelude movement at the ...

''; conducted by period performance specialist Andrew Parrott (original release, OPUS 9350 2090, re-released on Point Classics) * Music for Cello, performed by Jozef Lupták; Slovart Records SR-0027 * Barcarolle – Music for Violin; Slovart Records SR-0047 * Chamber Music, performed by Albrecht Quartet, Jozef Lupták (cello), Nora Skuta (piano); Slovart Records SR-0018 * ''Mater'' – suite for female voice (Iva Bittová), choir and Baroque string orchestra. (''

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'' 4765689) * ''Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs''; songs by Janáček, transcribed by Godár, performed by Iva Bittová and the Skampa Quartet. (Supraphon SU3794) * Five arrangements of

Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of N ...

's ''Lyric Pieces'' by Godár (with

s by Franck and Grieg) (

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