Musicians
Jan Vaclav Stamic
Learn more about Jan Vaclav Stamic Born in Deutschbrod, Bohemia on June 18, 1717, Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (Czech: Jan Vaclav Antonin Stamic) was a Bohemian composer and violinist. From 1741/2 on, ...
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Learn more about Jan Dismas Zelenka The Czech Baroque composer and musician Jan Dismas Zelenka (October 16, 1679 – December 23, 1745) was baptized as Jan Lukas Zelenka. He is also known as Johann Dism...
Frantisek Xaver Brixi
Learn more about Frantisek Xaver Brixi Frantisek Xaver Brixi (1732 – 1771) was a Czech classical composer of the 18th century. His first name is sometimes given by reference works in its Germanic form...
Bohuslav Matej Cernohorsky
Learn more about Bohuslav Matej Cernohorsky Bohuslav Matej Cernohorsky (1684, Nymburk, Bohemia – 1742, Graz, Austria) was a Czech composer, organist and teacher of the baroque era. He wrote among oth...
Bohuslav Martinu
Learn more about Bohuslav Martinu Bohuslav Martinu (December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was born in the tower of the St. Jakub Church in Policka, a town in Bohemia near the Moravian border. His father...
Bedrich Smetana
Learn more about Bedrich Smetana Friedrich Smetana (March 2, 1824 – May 12, 1884), later known as Bedrich Smetana, was born in Litomysl near the traditional border between Bohemia and Moravia, which w...
Antonin Rejcha
Learn more about Antonin Rejcha Antonin Rejcha (February 26, 1770 – May 28, 1836), known as Anton or Antoine Reicha, was a Czech-born French composer and music theorist. Due to his unwillingness to ha...
Antonin Dvorak
Learn more about Antonin Dvorak Antonin Leopold Dvorak (September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904) was one of the first Czech composers to achieve widespread international acclaim. He was born in Nelahozeves, n...
Adam Vaclav Michna z Otradovic
Learn more about Adam Vaclav Michna z Otradovic Adam Vaclav Michna z Otradovic – literally Adam Vaclav Michna of Otradovice – (c. 1600 – 1676). Jindrichuv Hradec was a Czech Catholic poet, composer, ...
