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Viktor Kalabis (27 February 1923 – 28 September 2006) was a Czech composer, music editor and musicologist. He was the husband of harpsichordist Zuzana Růžičková.
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Viktor Kalabis (27 February 1923 – 28 September 2006) was a Czech composer, music editor and musicologist. He was the husband of harpsichordist Zuzana Růžičková.
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Life Born in Červený Kostelec, Kalabis was interested in music from a young age, but due to the Nazi occupation of Prague during the Second World War, he was unable to study music in Prague. After the end of the war, Kalabis studied at the Prague Conservatory and at the Academy of Music and Charles University. In 1952, Kalabis married Zuzana Růžičková, who became a famous harpsichord player. They both refused to join the Communist Party, which impeded the beginning of their music careers. Eventually, Kalabis got work in the children's music section at Czechoslovak Radio, where he established the Concertino Praga competition for young musicians. In 1957, Manuel Rosenthal performed Kalabis' Concert for violoncello op. 8 at the Orchestre de Paris at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, which brought Kalabis new opportunities. His works were commissioned, for example, by the Czech Philharmonic, the Dresden Philharmonic, Camerata Zurich, Josef Suk, The Suk Trio, János Starker, Maurice André, the Prague Spring Festival and others. His composition Sinfonia pacis is one of the world's most-played Czech contemporary music compositions. Although most of Kalabis's works are symphonic, concertante or chamber compositions, he composed several vocal works such as the cantata Canticum Canticorum, the chamber…
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Death Kalabis died on 28 September 2006. The Viktor Kalabis & Zuzana Růžičková Foundation was established in his memory, with Zuzana Růžičková as the President of the Board of Directors for the Foundation.
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Works The Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Růžičková Foundation has the following list of musical compositions.
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Instrumental concertos Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1 Concerto for piano and wind instruments No. 2 Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 1 Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 2
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Concerto for harpsichord and string orchestra Fantasia Concertante for viola and string orchestra
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Concerto for violoncello and orchestra Concerto for trumpet and orchestra ("Le Tambour de Villevielle")
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Chamber Music for Strings Concerto for Chamber Orchestra "Hommage a Stravinsky"
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String Quartet No. 4 String Quartet No. 5 "In Memory of M. Chagall" String Quartet No. 6 "In Memory of B. Martinu"
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Piano quartet Ludus for piano quartet op. 82 (1996)
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Compositions for wind instruments Incantation - Tredecet Op. 69 for 2 Fl, Ob, Cor ingl, 2 Cl, 4 Cor, 2 Bsn, 1 movt., 11' - 13' Septet "Strange Pipers" Op. 72 for 2 Ob, 2 Cor ingl, 2 Bsn, CBsn, Op. 72, 1 movt., 8'30" - 10' Octet "Spring Whistles" Op. 50 (1979) for 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Cor, 2 Bsn, 10' Divertimento for wind quintet Op. 10, 5 parts, 17' - 18' Small Chamber Music for wind quintet Op. 27, 3 movements, 11' - 12'
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Variations for French horn and piano Sonata for trombone and piano, Op. 32 (1970)
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Aquarelles Preludio, Aria e Toccata, "I casi di Sisyphos"
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Cantatas "Canticum canticorum" for mixed choir, chamber orchestra, alto, tenor "The War" for mixed choir, flute, and piano on folk poetry
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Songs with orchestral accompaniment 5 Romantic Love Songs to words by R.M. Rilke "Bird's Weddings" for higher voice and piano "Carousel of Life" for lower voice and piano to words by R.M. Rilke
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Mixed choirs "Dawn", "Autumn", 2 choirs to words by Vl. Sefl