PT Journal
AU Buresova, A
TI Jaroslav Kricka and Olomouc
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2011
BP 51
EP 69
VL 13
IS 1
DI 10.5507/mo.2011.003
DE Jaroslav Kricka; 20th century; inspirational sources; music in Olomouc
AB Jaroslav Kricka (27 August 1882 - 23 January 1969) was one of the renowned Czech composers who were attached to musical traditionalism. Apart from his profession as a composer, Kricka also successfully followed career as a conductor, choirmaster, organiser, pedagogue, and publicist. His compositional output encompasses almost every musical style and genre. Kricka also created a brand-new genre with his works for children.Although native of Moravia, Kricka spent most of his creative life in Prague. He was always in touch with many semi-professional and professional musicians for whom he gratuitously composed occasional musical pieces. In the old Olomouc - the city with traditional professional institutions as well as a solid culture of amateur musicianship - Kricka found an accommodating background and performers. Kricka's contacts with Olomouc are visible for practically the whole of the last century. A closer look reveals that Olomouc was not only the place where composer's works were performed, but the city also functioned as a deep source of inspiration, which epitomized to Kricka relationship to home and his inner attitudes.
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