Josef Horák
Illustration — Josef Horák in 1997 Josef Horák (24 March 1931 – 23 November 2005) was a Czech bass clarinetist. It was not until the 1950s that classical performers began to adopt the bass clarinet as their primary instrument. Horák is credited as having performed the first ever solo bass clarinet recital on 24 March 1955.
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Josef Horák
- Born
- 1931 · Znojmo.
- Died
- 2005 · Biberach an der Riß.
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia · Czech Republic
- Occupation
- musician · clarinetist
- Fields
- clarinet performance
- Education
- Brno Conservatory
- Honours
- Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia
- Languages
- Czech
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Born at Znojmo in 1931, died in Biberach an der Riß in 2005.
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Josef Horák, a musician and clarinettist, was born on 24 March 1931 in Znojmo and died in 2005. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Josef Horák studied at Brno Conservatory. The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is clarinet performance. Places of work recorded in the authority are Brno. Distinctions recorded are Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia.
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Znojmo.
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- 1.article en Miloš Štědroň the Paganini of the bass clarinet is dead… czech music quaterly Czech Music Information Centre 1/2006 33 1211-0264 https://www.czechmusicquarterly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Czech-Music-Quarterly-2006-1.pdf .
- 2.Marcella Barz. A Contextual Analysis of Solo Bass Clarinet Music by Irish Composers. Technological University Dublin. 2017-09-20.
- 3.Melissa Sunshine Simmons. The Bass Clarinet Recital – The Impact of Josef Horák on Recital Repertoire for Bass Clarinet and Piano and a List of Original Works for that Instrumentation. Université Northwestern. 2009.
- 4.Milan Uhde. Miloš Štědroň: Whatever I did, I did gladly. musicfriendlycity.cz. 31 mai 2018.
- 5.Zur Geschichte der Biberacher Musikschule. biberach-riss.de. 2002.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- "In memoriam" dans: "Das Orchester - Zeitschrift für Orchesterkultur & Rundfunk-Chorwesen", édition de juin, Schott, Mayence 2006.
- Emma Kovarnóva. Josef Horák - Pionnier de la clarinette basse. The Clarinet. 41. septembre 2014. 44-47.
- Melissa Sunshine Simmons. The Bass Clarinet Recital – The Impact of Josef Horák on Recital Repertoire for Bass Clarinet and Piano and a List of Original Works for that Instrumentation. Université Northwestern. 2009.
- Phillip Rehfeldt. New Directions for Clarinet. Scarecrow Press. 1994. 978-0520033795.
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