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Bohuslav Martinů
Born: 8th December 1890, Policka
Died: 28th August 1959, Liestal
Nationality: Czech
Bohuslav Jan Martinů was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores, and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and instrumental works. He became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and briefly studied under Czech composer and violinist Josef Suk. After leaving Czechoslovakia in 1923 for Paris, Martinů deliberately withdrew from the Romantic style in which he had been trained. During the 1920s he experimented with modern French stylistic developments, exemplified by his orchestral works Half-time and La Bagarre.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohuslav_Martinů
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Further Reading: Martinů
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The Pavel Haas Quartet on Martinů
29th Sep 2025
Violinist Veronika Jarůšková and cellist Peter Jarůšek discuss how the composer's music featured in their first meeting as children on a TV talent show, Martinů's relationship with fellow composer Vítězslava Kaprálová, and surmounting the technical challenges of music that is 'almost impossible to play'.
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The Pavel Haas Quartet perform string quartets by Martinů
19th Sep 2025
Three years on from their previous recording of music by Brahms, the Czech quartet returns with a stunningly virtuosic album of four string quartets by their compatriot Bohuslav Martinů, showcasing an enormous dynamic range combined with an impressive precision and unanimity of purpose.
Popular Genres: Martinů
Orchestral
Chamber
Instrumental
Choral
Concertos
Popular Works: Martinů
- Cello Concerto No. 1, H.196 (17)
- Concertino for Cello, Winds, Percussion & Piano in C minor, H. 143 (14)
- Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (17)
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2, H. 293 (15)
- Double Concerto for Strings, Piano & Timpani, H. 271 (14)
- Duo for Violin and Cello No. 1, H. 157 (17)
- Duo for Violin and Cello No. 2, H. 371 (9)
- La Revue de Cuisine (9)
- Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca, H. 352 (14)
- Memorial to Lidice, H. 296 (10)
- Nonet for wind quintet, violin, viola, cello & double bass, H. 374 (9)
- Piano Concerto No. 4, H358 'Incantation' (12)
- Piano Quartet No. 1, H. 287 (12)
- Piano Sonata No. 1, H350 (13)
- Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor, H327 (11)
- Piano Trio No. 3 in C major, H332 (10)
- Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (18)
- Serenade No. 2 for Two Violins & Viola, H. 216 (12)
- Sextet for Piano and Wind Instruments, H. 174 (12)
- Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 1, H. 277 (28)
- Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 2, H. 286 (26)
- Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 3, H. 340 (23)
- Sonata for Flute & Piano, H. 306 (36)
- Sonata for Viola & Piano, H. 355 (10)
- Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 3, H. 303 (11)
- Sonatina for Clarinet & Piano, H. 356 (17)
- String Quartet No. 3, H. 183 (10)
- String Quartet No. 5, H. 268 (12)
- String Sextet, H. 224 (9)
- String Trio No. 2, H. 238 (10)
- Symphony No. 1, H. 289 (14)
- Symphony No. 2, H. 295 (10)
- Symphony No. 3, H. 299 (11)
- Symphony No. 4, H. 305 (24)
- Symphony No. 5, H. 310 (16)
- Symphony No. 6 'Fantaises symphoniques', H. 343 (23)
- Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola (Duo No. 1), H. 313 (13)
- Trio for Flute, Cello & Piano, H. 300 (15)
- Variations on a Slovak folksong for Cello & Piano, H. 378 (24)
- Variations on a Theme of Rossini (34)
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