Václav Smetáček
Václav Smetáček (30 September 1906 in Brno – 18 February 1986 in Prague) was a Czech conductor, composer, and oboist.He studied in Prague among others with Jaroslav Křička, conducting with Metod Doležil and Pavel Dědeček, musicology, aesthetics, and philosophy at Charles University, receiving his doctorate in musicology in 1933. He was the founder and member of the ''Prague Wind Quintet'' (1928), with whom he performed, composed and arranged compositions for it. From 1930 to 1933, he was a member of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 1934 to 1943, he worked on Czech Radio as conductor and editor. From 1945 to 1966 he worked as a pedagogue at the Prague Conservatory and Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
As a conductor of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, he made several innovations. He enlarged its repertoire with the music of 20th Century and larger vocal symphonic works (including those of Rejcha, Mozart, Cherubini, Dvořák, Foerster, Martinů, Orff, Kabeláč, and Fišer). From 1938, he performed abroad. He was invited later to the many important European and overseas music centres. He primarily devoted himself to the concert music, but he also studied operas. He received many awards for his creations.
His discography includes include suites from Rimsky-Korsakov's operas ''Le Coq d'Or'' and the ''Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh'', Carl Orff's ''Carmina Burana'', Mendelssohn's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', The Hebrides and Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 "Winter Daydreams", J.B. Foerster's Symphony No.4 "Velika noc", Bizet's L'Arlésienne and Chabrier's España and Dvorak's St Ludmila. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1960
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2Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
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3by Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884, Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884, Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1994
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4by Orff, Carl, 1895-1982Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1962
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6by Foerster, Josef Bohuslav, 1859-1951Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1970
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8by Foerster, Josef Bohuslav, 1859-1951Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1994
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9by Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884, Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884, Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1984
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10by Wranitzky, Paul, 1756-1808Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1980
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11by Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1960
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12by Zelenka, Johann Dismas, 1679-1745Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1975
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13by Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1982
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14by Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1961
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15by Wranitzky, Paul, 1756-1808Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1975
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16by Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 2004
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17by Wranitzky, Paul, 1756-1808Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1980
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18by Foerster, Josef Bohuslav, 1859-1951Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1970
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19by Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1962
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20by Michna z Otradovic, Adam, approximately 1600-1676Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1966
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