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Křička, Jaroslav (1882–1969)| Czech composer. He taught in Russia, and on his return to Prague in 1909 became conductor of the Glagol choral society. He was director of the Prague Conservatory 1942–45. |
| He studied at the Prague Conservatory 1902–05, and came under the influence of Vitězslav Novák, enlarged his experience in Berlin, and then went to Russia, teaching at the music school of Ekaterinoslav. |
Works Opera Hypolita (after one of Maurice Hewlett's Little Novels of Italy, 1916) and The Gentleman in White (after Wilde's Canterville Ghost, 1929); several operas for children. |
Choral The Temptation in the Wilderness (1922) and many others, with and without orchestra. |
Orchestral symphony in D minor, symphonic poems Faith, overture to Maeterlinck's Blue Bird (1911), Polonaise and Elegy on the Death of Rimsky-Korsakov, Children's Suite for small orchestra (1907), Nostalgia for string orchestra. |
Chamber three string quartets (1907–39), violin and piano sonata. |
Other piano music and songs. |
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