In the history of music, Bohuslav Martinů is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Bohuslav Martinů as Czech composer (1890–1959).
Bohuslav Martinů was born at Polička in 1890. His recorded nationality is Cisleithania. He trained at Prague Conservatory.
Recording arrived in this generation and changed everything: a performance could now outlive the performer.
He worked as classical composer, librettist and composer.
The instruments recorded are violin.
His work is classed as opera, symphony and classical music.
He performed with American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Among his best-known works are Ariane, Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra and Les Larmes du couteau. Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
Recognition followed: Rome Prize and Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 2nd class (1991).
That the work came out of Cisleithania shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Bohuslav Martinů died in 1959, aged 69. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Rome Prize
- Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 2nd class — 1991
- Notable work: Ariane
- Notable work: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra
- Notable work: Les Larmes du couteau
- Notable work: The Opening of the Wells
- Instruments: violin
- Genres: opera, symphony and classical music
