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Emanuel Chvála

1851 – 1924

Czech composer

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Lived 1851 – 1924 (aged 72–73). Emanuel Chvála was a Czech composer, music critic, critic, opinion journalist and writer.

Emanuel Chvála (January 1, 1851 in Prague – October 28, 1924 in Prague) was a Czech composer and music critic. He studied engineering and worked all his life as a railway official in Prague. But he had also studied composition with Fibich and Josef Foerster, and began writing music criticism for the literary magazine Lumír in 1878. He also wrote for the daily newspapers Politik and Národní politika between 1880 and 1921 using the cypher ‘-la’. In his journalism he furthered the music of Dvořák, Fibich, Josef Suk and Vítězslav Novák.

Works Záboj (1918), an opera to a poem by Jaroslav Vrchlický. O posvícení (1902), an orchestral poem describing the day of the kermis in a Czech village. (WP: 16. February 1902 by the Czech Philharmonic under Ludvík Čelanský)

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1851, Prague
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Emanuel Chvala

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Emanuel Chvála?

Czech composer

When was Emanuel Chvála born?

Emanuel Chvála was born in 1851 in Prague.

When did Emanuel Chvála die?

Emanuel Chvála died on 28 October 1924 in Prague, New Town.

What was Emanuel Chvála's occupation?

Emanuel Chvála was a composer, music critic, critic, opinion journalist and writer.

What nationality was Emanuel Chvála?

Emanuel Chvála was Czech.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Emanuel Chvála

· Wikidata: Q5369037

· DBpedia: Emanuel Chvála

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