Hlas lesa
Music by Bohuslav Martinů · libretto by Vítězslav Nezval · premiered 1935
Hlas lesa (The Voice of the Forest), is a 1935 radio opera in 1 act, H 243 by Bohuslav Martinů.
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About the Composer
Bohuslav Jan Martinů (Czech: [ˈboɦuslaf ˈmarcɪnuː] ; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores, and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and instrumental works. He became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and briefly studied under Czech composer and violinist Josef Suk. After leaving Czechoslovakia in 1923 for Paris, Martinů deliberately withdrew from the Romantic style in which he had been trained. During the 1920s he experimented with modern French stylistic developments, exemplified by his orchestral works Half-time and La Bagarre. He also adopted jazz idioms, for instance…
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Other Operas by Bohuslav Martinů
- Comedy on the Bridge (1935)
- Hry o Marii (1935)
- Divadlo za branou (1936)
- Alexandre bis (1937)
- Ariane (1943)