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Czech composer and music writer (b. 12/24 April 1867 in [[Prague]]; d. 23 December 1936 in [[Prague]]). | Czech composer and music writer (b. 12/24 April 1867 in [[Prague]]; d. 23 December 1936 in [[Prague]]). | ||
Navrátil studied in [[Vienna]] with Guido Adler (music theory) and Karel Ondříček (violin), and went on to become a music critic in the Austrian capital. After 1915 he returned to [[Prague]] where he worked as a music teacher and a freelance composer. His compositions include two operas, a symphony and five symphonic poems, two piano concertos and a violin concerto, chamber music and piano pieces, choral works and songs, although very few of these have been published. | Navrátil studied in [[Vienna]] with Guido Adler (music theory) and Karel Ondříček (violin), and went on to become a music critic in the Austrian capital. After 1915 he returned to [[Prague]], where he worked as a music teacher and a freelance composer. His compositions include two operas, a symphony and five symphonic poems, two piano concertos and a violin concerto, chamber music and piano pieces, choral works and songs, although very few of these have been published. | ||
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky== | ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky== |
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Czech composer and music writer (b. 12/24 April 1867 in Prague; d. 23 December 1936 in Prague).
Navrátil studied in Vienna with Guido Adler (music theory) and Karel Ondříček (violin), and went on to become a music critic in the Austrian capital. After 1915 he returned to Prague, where he worked as a music teacher and a freelance composer. His compositions include two operas, a symphony and five symphonic poems, two piano concertos and a violin concerto, chamber music and piano pieces, choral works and songs, although very few of these have been published.
Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
1 letter from Tchaikovsky to Karel Navrátil has survived, dating from 1891, and has been translated into English on this website:
- Letter 4572b – 13/25 December 1891, from Maydanovo