Karel Ančerl

Karel Ančerl (11 April 1908 – 3 July 1973) was a Czechoslovak conductor and composer, renowned especially for his performances of contemporary music and for his interpretations of music by Czech composers.

Ančerl was born into a prosperous Jewish family in the village of Tučapy in southern Bohemia. After graduating from the Prague Conservatory, he pursued his conducting studies under Hermann Scherchen and Václav Talich. He was the assistant conductor at the Munich premiere of Alois Hába's quarter-tone opera ''Mother'' (1931) and conducted the orchestra of the avant-garde theatre ''Osvobozené divadlo'' in Prague (1931–1933). Conducting work for Czechoslovak radio was interrupted by World War II which resulted in his being imprisoned with his family in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942 and then sent to Auschwitz in 1944. Unlike his wife and young son, Ančerl survived Auschwitz.

After the war, Ančerl conducted for Radio Prague until 1950, when he became artistic director of the Czech Philharmonic, a post he held successfully for eighteen years. Following the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia, Ančerl emigrated to Toronto, Canada, where he worked as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra until his death in 1973.

As a conductor, Ančerl helped foster a distinctly Czech orchestral sound, both within the Czech Philharmonic and elsewhere. Highly regarded also as a studio artist, Ančerl made a wide range of recordings on the Supraphon label, including repertoire by various Czech composers (remastered in the Karel Ančerl Gold Edition). Provided by Wikipedia
Showing 1 - 20 results of 459 for search 'Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973', query time: 0.36s Refine Results
  1. 1
    by Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973
    Published 1995

    This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.
    Audio
  2. 2
    by Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973
    Published 1995

    This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.
    Audio
  3. 3
    by Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973
    Published 1993
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    Audio
  4. 4
    by Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973
    Published 1995

    This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.
    Audio
  5. 5
    by Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973
    Published 1996

    This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.
    Audio
  6. 6
    by Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973
    Published 2008
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    Audio
  7. 7
    by Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973
    Published 1995
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.
    Audio
  8. 8
    by Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973
    Published 1995

    Audio
  9. 9
    by Ancerl, Karel, 1908-1973
    Published 2021

    Musical Score Book
  10. 10
    by Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973
    Published 1993
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.
    Audio
  11. 11
    by Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973
    Published 2008
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.
    Audio
  12. 12
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.
    Audio
  13. 13
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    Audio
  14. 14
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.
    Audio
  15. 15
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    Audio
  16. 16
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    Audio
  17. 17
    by Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953
    Published 1960
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    Audio
  18. 18
    by Willan, Healey, 1880-1968
    Published 1970
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    Audio
  19. 19
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    Audio
  20. 20
    by Bořkovec, Pavel, 1894-1972
    Published 1957
    Other Authors: ...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...

    Audio