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Jiji Guitar

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Jiyeon Kim (; born 1993), known professionally as Jiji Guitar, is a South Korean guitarist, composer, and DJ. She is known for being a member of the Grammy-nominated musical collective Wild Up and winning First Prize at the Concert Artists Guild’s 2016 competition. Early life Jiji was born in Seoul, South Korea. She began playing classical guitar when she was 9 years old. before eventually moving to the United States at the age of 15 when she was accepted into the Cleveland Institute of Music. She studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music for two years before becoming one of the first two guitarists to study at the Curtis Institute of Music. Career In February 2011, Jiji performed on the NPR radio show From the Top. In March 2014, Jiji made her orchestral concert debut in a Kansas City Orchestra performance conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto. In 2015, she performed on the Hong Kong program RTHK’s The Works as part of Duo RenJi with viola player Ren Martin-Doike. When the guitar residency returned to the Banff Centre’s recital programs, Jiji was one of the first guitarists to perform a recital at the Centre in July 2015. In February 2016, Jiji’s graduation recital was aired on PBS

Jill Tracy

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Jill Tracy is a composer, singer, pianist, storyteller and “musical evocateur” based in San Francisco. Jill Tracy is listed in San Francisco Magazines Top 100 Creative Forces in the Bay Area, has been awarded “Best of the Bay” by the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and has been nominated for two California Music Awards and SF Weekly Music Awards. She has been hailed a “bad-ass icon” by SFist and “a femme fatale for the thinking man” by the San Francisco Chronicle, which is a moniker that is now frequently used to describe her. Career Following her 1996 solo debut CD Quintessentially Unreal, Tracy released Diabolical Streak (1999), her first studio album featuring The Malcontent Orchestra. The song “Evil Night Together” was awarded the SIBL international Grand Prize for songwriting. The album was listed among the “Top 10 Neo-Cabaret albums of all time” in Shift magazine. “Evil Night Together” has been featured on the CBS show NCIS, the feature film “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (2008), and Showtime chose the tune to promote the final season of Dexter (2013) in a promo entitled “The Final Symphony.” “The Fine Art of Poisoning,” also from Diabolical Streak, became an animated short film in 20

Jim Cotter (composer)

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Clive James Cotter (born 1948 in Geelong, Australia) is an Australian composer currently based in Canberra, Australia. His career has largely been in music for theater, film, and radio. Cotter began his career as Music Director and resident composer for the Canberra Repertory Theatre and has collaborated extensively with Australian playwright Dorothy Hewett, most notably writing the music for the musical theater piece The Man From Mukinupin and for the children’s play Golden Valley. Cotter also wrote the music for Merlinda Bobis’ radio play “Rita’s Lullaby”, which won the Prix Italia in 1998. Cotter began his musical career playing trumpet in trad-jazz bands in Melbourne as a teenager. He moved to Canberra in the late 1960s with his family and continued performing in this tradition but gradually drifted towards more modern forms of jazz and rock and roll. He performed with the Canberra bands, The Bitter Lemons, The Firing Squad, Family Portrait as well as in more experimental collectives with musicians Colin Hoorweg, Dave Kain, Mitch Burns, Christian Wojtowicz and John Tucker. In the early 1970s, Cotter’s increasing interest in contemporary music led him to studies with Larry Sitsk

Jim Hiscott

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James Michael Hiscott (born 4 December 1948) is a Canadian composer, radio producer and accordionist. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers, his compositions are characterized by their strong rhythmic base, standard harmonic language, and merger of world music with contemporary sounds and instrumentation. His 1973 work Planes was premiered by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in 1986, conducted by Kazuhiro Koizumi. Life and career Born in St. Catharines, Hiscott began his professional studies in mathematics and physics at Brock University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in 1969. It was while pursuing graduate studies in the sciences at Lancaster University in England in 1970 that he decided to switch his career path to music; although he did earn a Master of Science from the University of Toronto in 1971. He studied at The Royal Conservatory of Music from 1970 to 1976 where he was a pupil of Samuel Dolin in music composition. He also studied music at York University from 1973 to 1976 where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in music in 1976. In 1977 Hiscott was awarded a composition prize by the Canadian Federation of Universi

Jim Johnston (composer)

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James Alan Johnston (born June 19, 1952 ) is an American music composer and musician best known for his time with professional wrestling promotion, WWE. Over the course of 3 decades, he composed and recorded entrance theme music for the promotion’s wrestlers, and compilations of his music released by WWE charted highly in several countries. Writing and recording mostly by himself, he wrote over 10,000 pieces of music, many of which are as highly regarded as the wrestlers themselves. In later years, he regularly collaborated with mainstream hip hop & rock musicians such as Motörhead, Disturbed, Kid Rock, Ice-T, Run-DMC, Mariah Carey, and Our Lady Peace for new music and different takes on existing entrance music. Johnston was released from WWE in 2017, replaced in the role by CFO$. Career Johnston studied music and design at Hampshire College. His career began composing soundtracks for animated and industrial films, which led to working for the television networks HBO and Showtime. While living in Connecticut in the mid-1980’s, Johnston met Brian Penry, art director for professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Although not a fan of professional wrestling, W

Jim Parker (composer)

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James Mavin Parker (18 December 1934 – 28 July 2023) was a British BAFTA-winning composer. Career After graduating as a silver medallist at the Guildhall School of Music, Parker played with orchestras and chamber groups in London as well as being a key part of The Barrow Poets for whom he provided both original instrumental music and music to accompany the performance of a wide range of poetry spoken or sung by the rest of the band. This music was played on a variety of instruments including the bass cacofiddle, a homemade sort of double bass with knobs on, invented and played by William Bealby-Wright, while Parker mostly played oboe and cor anglais. Parker subsequently concentrated on composing and conducting. He had early success with a series of recordings in which he set the poems of the British Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman to music; Banana Blush, Late Flowering Love (both 1974), Sir John Betjeman’s Britain (1977) and Varsity Rag (1981). The albums, in which the poet recited his own words and the composer conducted a small group of musicians, have continued to be held in high regard by listeners and critics. These and subsequent records, including Captain Beaky and His Band,

Jim Stanton

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Jim Stanton is an American composer and political writer. Musician Stanton was a drummer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the mid-1960s. He played with various small groups and big bands through the 1960s and early 1970s. He co-led his own recording and performing group, Dialogue, in the 1970s. Composer, playwright, and writer Stanton wrote the score for an original radio production of The Trial of the Catonsville Nine by Daniel Berrigan, played on WBAI-FM in New York City in 1971. He wrote a two-person play, Chatoyant, in 1977, opening and performing it in the Philadelphia area with music played by Terry Gross on Fresh Air. Stanton composed sound and score for an original production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest in 1980 (People’s Light and Theatre Company, Malvern, Pennsylvania). He also composed in MIDI format at his home in the late 2000’s, sharing them on CD-R format. (The Music of Jim Stanton 2005/2006, Copper Beach Music) He would go on to write many independent orchestral pieces, scored for many different instrumental combinations. In the spring of 2008, he began writing his autobiography. Politics Stanton wrote many articles for the Philadelphia Weekly (Welcomat) and vario

Jim Steinman

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James Richard Steinman (November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021) was an American composer, lyricist and record producer. He also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work included songs in the adult contemporary, rock, dance, pop, musical theater, and film score genres. He wrote albums for Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf, including Bat Out of Hell (one of the best-selling albums in history), and also wrote and produced Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell and Tyler’s Faster Than the Speed of Night. His most successful chart singles include Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, Air Supply’s “Making Love Out of Nothing at All”, Meat Loaf’s “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)”, the Sisters of Mercy’s “This Corrosion” and “More”, Barry Manilow’s “Read ‘Em and Weep”, Take That’s “Never Forget”, Celine Dion’s cover of “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” (originally released by Steinman’s project Pandora’s Box) and Boyzone’s “No Matter What”. Steinman’s only solo album, Bad for Good, was released in 1981. Steinman’s work also extended to musical theater, where he began his career. He was credited with the book, music, and lyrics for Bat Out of Hell: The Musical, lyrics for Whistle

Jimmie LeBlanc

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Jimmie LeBlanc (born 1977) is a Canadian composer specializing in instrumental and mixed music. His music has been performed throughout his native country and internationally, including by the Ensemble Contrechamps, Hwaum Chamber Ensemble, Kore Ensemble, Les Enfants Terribles, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Pentaèdre, Quatuor Bozzini, and the Trio Fibonacci, and many soloists. Early life and education LeBlanc was born in Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Quebec. His initial musical training was as a pop and jazz guitarist. He then pursued studies in classical guitar and music composition at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. He completed a Doctor of Music degree at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University. LeBlanc is the author of Luigi Nono et les chemins de l’écoute (L’Harmattan, 2010), and of “Xenakis’ Æsthetic Project: the Paradoxes of a Formalist Intuition” (Xenakis Matters, Pendragon Press, 2012), and has contributed two chapters to La création musicale au Québec (PUM, 2014). He is member of the Circuit – musiques contemporaines editorial board, responsible of the cahiers d’analyse section, and regular member of the Observatoire interdisciplinaire de création et de

Jimmy Dale (musician)

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Jimmy Dale (23 October 1935 – 20 May 2017) was a British-born Canadian arranger, composer, conductor, organist, and pianist. He was active as a music director for both Canadian and United States television during the 1970s and 1980s. He has also composed several film and television scores and written a number of TV theme songs and jingles. He has also worked as an arranger and pianist for both performances and recordings with several notable artists. Life Born James Edwin Dale in London, Dale immigrated to Canada with his family in 1947 at the age of 11. He attended The Royal Conservatory of Music for two years where he was a pupil of pianist Alma Allen. He also studied music theory and music composition privately in Toronto with Gordon Delamont. and former professional racing car driver and racing team owner Jeremy Dale. Death Dale died on 20 May 2017 in Naples, Florida, at the age was of 81. Work as a composer and arranger As a composer, Dale has written several film and television score, including the music for B.S. I Love You, Crunch, The Execution of Raymond Graham, and Breakfast with Les and Bess. He has also written music for the theatre, including writing the orchestrations

Jimmy Fontana

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Enrico Sbriccoli (13 November 1934 – 11 September 2013), known professionally as Jimmy Fontana, was an Italian actor, composer and singer-songwriter. Two of his most famous songs are “Che sarà”, performed also by José Feliciano with Ricchi e Poveri, and “Il mondo”. Biography Enrico Sbriccoli was born in Camerino, Marche. After graduating from high school, he moved to Rome to study Economics. In his spare time, Fontana taught himself bass and attended local jazz venues. and other countries in Europe and charted in Latin America as well. After “Che sarà”, Fontana stopped writing songs, but continued to tour around Italy for another decade. In 1982 his son Luigi wrote the first part of the music for a new song and this fact brought Jimmy back to compose and create again: he completed the song “Beguine” and sang it at 1982 Sanremo Music Festival, joining the 6th place; Luigi was on stage with his father in Sanremo and from that moment on they were performing together around Italy and abroad until Jimmy died. They were joined in 1992 by Andrea (Jimmy’s 3rd son), creating some beautiful and emotional “family shows”. Fontana also continued appearing on TV shows until his old age. He died

Jimmy McHugh

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James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 – May 23, 1969) was an American composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he is credited with over 500 songs. His songs were recorded by many artists, including Chet Baker, June Christy, Bing Crosby, Marlene Dietrich, Deanna Durbin, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Adelaide Hall, Billie Holiday, Beverly Kenney, Bill Kenny, The Everly Brothers, Peggy Lee, Carmen Miranda, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, and Dinah Washington. Career McHugh who was of Irish descent began his career in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Eventually finding employment as a professional manager with the music publisher Jack Mills Inc., it was there that McHugh published his first real hit, “Emaline”, and briefly teamed up with Irving Mills as The Hotsy Totsy Boys to write the hit song “Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now”. This songwriting partnership marked another of McHugh’s many collaborations, among them Ted Koehler (“I’m Shooting High”), Al Dubin (“South American Way”) and Harold Adamson (“It’s a Most Unusual Day”). As impressive as these master lyricists were, perhaps McHugh’s best symbiotic musical relationship was with th

Jimmy Thörnfeldt

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Paul Jimmy Thörnfeldt (born 14 March 1976), also known professionally as Jimmy Joker or simply Joker, is a Swedish songwriter and record producer. As a songwriter, he has taken part in Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest several times. Biography Jimmy “Joker” Thörnfeldt is an established name on the international songwriting scene. He has worked with artists such as One Direction, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias. In 2016, Pitbull’s album Dale, on which Thörnfeldt contributed as a songwriter and producer, won a Grammy in the Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album category. Since 2021, Thörnfeldt has been involved as a songwriter in several contributions to the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, Melodifestivalen. He has also taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest numerous times as a songwriter. Songwriting discography Eurovision Song Contest entries Notable productions * 2010: Usher: “More” * 2011: Jennifer Lopez: “Papi” * 2011: Jennifer Lopez: “Invading My Mind” * 2011: Jennifer Lopez: “Hypnotico” * 2011: Jennifer Lopez: “Charge Me Up” * 2011: Nicole Scherzinger: “Poison” * 2011: Nicole Scherzinger: “Say Yes” * 2011: Nic

Jimmy Vivino

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Jimmy Vivino (born January 10, 1955) is an American guitarist, keyboard player, singer, producer, and music director. He is best known as the leader of Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band, the house band for the TBS late night program Conan. He was also a member of the Tonight Show Band, the house band on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and its predecessor, Late Night with Conan O’Brien on NBC. Vivino has also played with many rock bands, including being a member of Beatles tribute band The Fab Faux. He is the younger brother of TV and stage performer “Uncle” Floyd Vivino and Basic Cable Band bandmate Jerry Vivino. Biography Born in Paterson, New Jersey, on January 10, 1955, Vivino grew up in Glen Rock, New Jersey. He attended Glen Rock High School where he played Tevye in a production of Fiddler on the Roof. He had an interest in music from a young age. He began working in New York clubs in the early 1980s and in 1984 was musical director of the play Leader of the Pack. Later he led “Jimmy Vivino and the Black Italians” and worked with Al Kooper. Kooper considered Vivino to be one of his “discoveries” and had him as musical director for fifteen years. Vivino served as the mu

Jin Xiang

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Jin Xiang (20 April 1935 – 23 December 2015) was a Chinese composer and conductor. He studied composition at the China Central Conservatory from 1954. In 1959, he received his Bachelor of Arts in Composition. Since being labelled a rightist in 1957, he was sent to work in Art Troupe of Aksu Prefecture after graduation, and had to labor at the same time. In 1973, he became a conductor of Orchestra of Song and Dance Ensemble of Xinjiang Song, Dance and Drama Theatre. After the Cultural Revolution he returned to Beijing and was conductor and composer in residence of the Orchestra of Beijing Song and Dance Ensemble from 1979–1984. Jin Xiang came to the United States in 1988 and was a visiting scholar at the Juilliard School in 1998 and the University of Washington and the composer-in-residence at the Washington National Opera. He died on 23 December 2015, aged 80. Selected works Operas *A Warm Breeze Outside 1980. *The Savage Land (《原野》yuanye ) 1987 after Cao Yu’s 1937 play The Wilderness *The King of Chu (《楚霸王》) 1994. *Native Fatal Woman 1996. *Beautiful Warrior 2001. Written with Barbara Zinn Krieger. *Taxiwayi — The Beloved Troubadour 2003. *Yang Guifei 2004. *Eight Women Jump Into

Jindřich Feld

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Jindřich Feld (19 February 1925 in Prague, Czechoslovakia – 8 July 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic ) was a Czech composer of classical music. Feld was born into a musical family, his father a well-known professor of violin at the Prague Conservatory which followed the tradition of Otakar Ševčík, the master of Jan Kubelík. His mother was a violinist. While he studied violin and viola with his father, he began studying composition early, studying at the Prague Conservatory and then graduating from the Academy of Music (HAMU) in 1952. In this year, he also earned his doctorate from the Charles University in Prague, with degrees in musicology, aesthetics and philosophy. In 1968 and 1969, Feld accepted an invitation to be a Guest Professor of Composition at Adelaide University in Australia. He also continued to teach at the Prague Conservatory, where he was Professor of Composition from 1972 until 1986. He was a guest lecturer at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1981 and 1984. His teaching has also taken him to positions at other American universities as well as ones in Denmark, Norway, Germany, France, England, and 1991 in Japan. Among his notable students are Ivan Romanoff

Jing Jing Luo

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Jing Jing Luo (; born 1953) is a Chinese composer. Early life and training Jing was born in Beijing. She received an undergraduate degree at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where she majored in piano performance and composition and studied with Chen Gang and Sang Tong. She earned postgraduate degrees from the New England Conservatory and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Teaching career Luo has taught composition at Ashland University (1991-2001), Nazareth College (2002-2003), and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (2002-2004). Selected honors and awards Luo has won the following honors and awards: * Rockefeller Foundation at Bellagio Conference Center (composer residency, 2011). * Koussevitzky Music Foundation (2006) * International Composers Competition for Orchestra Works with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in Canada (3rd prize, 2001). * ASCAP awards (1994-2011) * Ohio Arts Council (Individual Artist Fellowships, 1991-1998) * Music From China International Composers (Traditional Chinese Instruments Competition, 1999) * Chinese Overseas Composer Competition (3rd prize, “No Home to Return,” 1996) * American Academy of Arts and Letters, Walter Hinrichsen Award (“

Jiří Bárta

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Jiří Bárta (19 June 1935 – 4 January 2012) was a Czech pianist and composer. Biography Jiří Bárta was born in Šumice, Uherské Hradiště District. In his youth, he studied piano with organist and composer Emil Hába (1900–1982). He attended the Brno Conservatory from 1954 to 1958 studying piano with František Schäfer and music composition with František Suchý. He continued to study composition at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts under Vilém Petrželka and Theodor Schaefer, graduating in 1962 with his Concerto for Orchestra. Far more influential for Bárta were his post-graduate studies with Miloslav Ištvan and Ctirad Kohoutek at the Janáček Academy. These courses exposed him to the Second Viennese School, Bartók and other 20th-century classics, experimental and electronic music. Bárta was a long-time professor of music theory and composition at the Brno Conservatory. His pupils include Alexander Müller, Karel Škarka and Jaroslav Kopecký. For his compositions, Bárta received the Union of Czech Composers and Concert Artists Award (1986) for Concerto da camera for piano and string orchestra, Czech Music Fund Award (1990) for Reliéfy, and the Czech Music Fund Prize (1991) fo

Jiří Čart

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Jiří Čart (German: Georg Czarth, Zarth, Czard, Szarth, Tzarth, or Zardt; 8 April 1708 – c. 1780) was a Bohemian composer, violinist and flautist of the late baroque period. Life Georg Czarth was born in Vysoká. He received his first musical instruction from his father, Lukas Lorenz, cantor in Havlíčkův Brod and teacher of Johann Stamitz. After attending school in Vysoká, Czarth furthered his musical education in Prague and then, at the age of 17, in Vienna. In Vienna he received violin instruction from the Royal Court musicians Franz Josef Timmer and Johann Otto Rosetter (1690–1752); and from Biarelli he learned the flute. In Vienna he also met the violinist Franz Benda and in 1729 the two musicians left Vienna. After being joined in Breslau (today Wrocław) by the violinist Carl Höckh and the hornist Wilhelm Weidner they searched for better employment opportunities in Poland. In Warsaw, Czarth and the three other musicians were taken into the employment of the Starosta Jan Suchorzewski and formed part of a small orchestra of around nine musicians. After the departure of Benda in 1732, Czarth became the concertmaster of Suchorzewski’s orchestra, but later that year followed Benda in

Jiří Gemrot

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Jiří Gemrot (born 15 April 1957 in Prague) is a Czech composer, radio executive, and a record producer. Since 1990 he has been director in chief of Czech Radio in Prague. As a composer, his music has been performed by all of the Czech Republic’s major orchestras. Gemrot studied at the Prague Conservatory from 1972 to 1976 where he was a pupil of Ema Doležalová and Jan Zdeněk Bartoš. He then entered the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague where he studied under Jiří Pauer through 1981. From 1982 to 1986 he was a music director for Czech Radio and since 1986 he has been a record producer for Panton Records. He has also worked as a music director for Czechoslovak Television. His best known composition internationally is his work for chorus and orchestra Psalm 146 (1992). Selected works ;Orchestra * Pocty (Hommages) (1983) * Tance a reflexe (Dances and Reflections) (1987) * Sentence (Maxims) for 15 stringed instruments (1986) * Tři adagia (Three Adagios) (1989) * Americká předehra (American Overture) (1996) * Sympohony No. 1 for chamber orchestra (2007) * Sympohony No. 2 for symphonic orchestra (2012-13) ;Concertante * Concerto for cello and orchestra (1984) * Concerto for violin and

Jiří Hudec (composer)

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Jiří Hudec (31 August 1923 – 28 July 1996) was a Czech composer, conductor, arranger and organist. Life Hudec was born in Brno, Moravia, where he studied organ at the State Conservatory under F. Michálek. In addition, he studied composing with Vilém Petrželka and conducting with Antonín Balatka. From 1944 to 1946, he also studied the piano privately under Ludvík Kundera. Selected compositions ;Orchestral * Drei Stilisierte Polkas im Volkston (1969) ;Wind orchestra * Fox, Polka for 4 clarinets and wind orchestra (1971) * Dupák, Czech Dance (1973) * Pestrá paleta (A Wide Variety), Overture (1973) * Lyrické intermezzo (Lyrical Intermezzo) (1982) * Česká předehra (Czech Overture) * Drei Schnapsgläser * Moravské intermezzo (Moravian Intermezzo) ;Concertante * Triangolo: Polka-Groteske for triangle and orchestra (1969) * Uspávanka pro Martinku (Lullaby for Martinek) for viola and orchestra (1980) * Burleska for double bass and orchestra (1981) * Ein Verliebter Timpanist: Polka-Groteske for timpani and orchestra ;Chamber music * 4 Duettini for oboe (or trumpet) and bassoon (or trombone) (1988) * 4 Miniatures for wind trio * Rapsodia per Quattro for 3 clarinets and bass clarinet (or bassoo

Jiří Reinberger

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Jiří Emil Reinberger (14 April 1914 – 28 May 1977) was a Czech organist, organ expert, music educator and composer. Early life Jiří Reinberger was born on 14 April 1914 in Brno, Moravia, Austria-Hungary. He was the son of the Brno high school teacher of the same name and his wife Růžena (née Grünwald). He attended the high school in Holešov from 1925 to 1929. He graduated from a gymnasium in Brno in 1933. As part of extracurricular studies, he had already obtained a degree in organ performance at the Brno Conservatory under Eduard Tregler in 1932. Privately, he furthered his organ studies with Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann in Prague and with Günther Ramin and Karl Straube in Leipzig. At the Brno Conservatory, he earned his degree in 1938 under Vilém Petrželka obtained a degree in Composition. He then furthered his knowledge and skills at the Prague Conservatory in the master class of the composer Vítězslav Novák, graduating with a diploma in 1940. Career From February 1945, he taught organ at the Brno Conservatory and from 1945 to 1951 at the Prague Conservatory. From 1946, he worked as a music educator at the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. There, he was ap

Jiří Teml

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Jiří Teml (born 24 June 1935) is a Czech composer and radio producer. Born in Vimperk, Teml studied music theory and composition with Bohumil Dušek and Jiří Jaroch during the 1960s and early 1970s while working as an economist. His first major success as a composer came with his Fantasia appassionata for organ which took third prize at the 1972 Prague Spring Festival. In 1976, he became the head of music and a radio producer at Plzeň Radio. He left in 1980 to join the staff of Czech Radio 3 in Prague, where he worked as a producer of programs of classical music for over 20 years. A prolific composer, Teml’s output includes several symphonies, concertos, song cycles, choral works, children’s operas, chamber music, art songs, and works for solo organ and piano. His writing displays an influence of Czech folk music and for many years, he has collaborated with the Plzeň Radio folk ensemble. Selected works ;Orchestral * Suita giocosa for chamber orchestra (1973) * Symphony No.1 “Lidé a prameny” (“People and Sources”) for string orchestra, harp and timpani (1976, revised 1999) * Tři promenády (3 Promenades) (1983) * Concerto Grosso “Pocta Händlovi” (“Hommage à Händel”) for chamber orches

Jiří Třanovský

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Jiří Třanovský (, , ; 9 April 1592 – 29 May 1637), was a Lutheran priest and hymnwriter from the Cieszyn Silesia. Sometimes called the father of Slovak hymnody and the “Luther of the Slavs,” Třanovský’s name is sometimes anglicized to George Tranoscius. Both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada remember his life and work annually, on the anniversary of his death. Life Třanovský was born in Cieszyn, and studied at Guben and Kolberg. In 1607, he was admitted to the University of Wittenberg where Martin Luther had taught less than a century earlier. Upon graduation, he traveled in Bohemia proper and Silesia and in 1612 and became a teacher at St. Nicholas Gymnasium in Prague. Later, he became rector of a school in Holešov, Moravia. In 1616 Třanovský was ordained a priest in Meziříčí and served as a pastor for four years. Persecution of Lutherans in Bohemia (after the Battle of White Mountain) under Ferdinand II forced him into exile. After imprisonment in 1623 and the deaths of two of his children from plague the following year, Třanovský accepted a call to be pastor to a church in Bielitz, Teschen Silesia. In 1627, he also became pe