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Jaroslav Ježek

Jaroslav Ježek was a Czechoslovak composer, esperantist, conductor, writer, jazz musician and pianist (1906–1942). He was born at Žižkov and died in New York City.

Also recorded as Jaroslav Jezek

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Biography

Jaroslav Ježek is recorded as composer, esperantist, conductor, writer and jazz musician.

Catalogued output

Works

The World Is Ours.

  • Caesar

  • From Saturday to Sunday

  • Pudr a benzín

  • Těžká Barbora

  • Workers, Let's Go

  • Tmavomodrý svět

  • Peníze nebo život

  • U nás v Kocourkově

  • Bugatti step

    1931

  • Babička Mary

  • Pilots

  • Golem

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1906–1942

  1. 1906

    Life

    Jaroslav Ježek was born in 1906 at Žižkov.

  2. 1931

    Bugatti step is dated 1931.

  3. 1942

    Life

    Jaroslav Ježek died in 1942 at New York City.

The full dated record · 3 entries

  1. 1906

    Jaroslav Ježek was born in 1906 at Žižkov.

  2. 1931

    Bugatti step is dated 1931.

  3. 1942

    Jaroslav Ježek died in 1942 at New York City.

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Places

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  • New York City
Death or burial
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  • Žižkov

    Birth place

Primary material

Documents and archives

scholarly publication

Institutional database

Literature

Bibliography

  • Ježek, Jaroslav (jazz), Oxford Music Online, 2003

  • Ježek, Jaroslav, Oxford Music Online, 2001

  • Jaroslav Ježek, The International Encyclopedia of Surrealism, 2019

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Citations

References

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