Josef Bohuslav Foerster
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Josef Bohuslav Foerster (December 30, 1859 – May 29, 1951) was a Czech composer of classical music.
Foerster was born in Prague and studied in the conservatory there. He married the singer Bertha Lauterer in Hamburg, making his living as a critic, and in 1901 became a teacher at the conservatory there, moving to Vienna in 1903 and back to Czechoslovakia in 1939. In 1946 he was declared a National Composer. He died in Nový Vestec.
His compositions include five symphonies, other orchestral works including a symphonic poem based on Cyrano de Bergerac, much chamber music (including five string quartets, the last completed by Jan Hanuš; three piano trios, two violin and two cello sonatas, and a several-times-recorded wind quintet), at least five operas (notably Eva), concertos for violoncello (op. 143) and two for violin (op. 88 in C minor, op. 104 in D minor), liturgical music, among other works, over 170 published opus numbers in all.
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