Ludvík Vítězslav Čelanský

Ludvík Vítězslav Čelanský (17 July 1870 in Vienna – 27 October 1931 in Prague) was a Czech conductor and composer. He was founder and first principal conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

Biography Jan Čelanský, Ludvík's father, worked as a kapellmeister in Horní Krupá (Havlíčkův Brod district). Ludvík studied at the gymnasium in Havlíčkův Brod, and from 1887 to 1891 at the teaching institute in Kutná Hora. He worked as a teacher in Dolní Krupá for one year before devoting himself exclusively to music. From 1892 to 1894 he studied composition with K. Stecker at the Prague Conservatory, then at the dramatic school of the National Theatre and at Pivoda Operatic School.

Orchestra Premiéra na vsi (Premiere in the Countryside), Overture (1900) Vzkříšení Polsky (Resurrection of Poland), Overture (1904) Symphony "From My Life" in five movements Duchovní vývoj člověka dle starého zákona (The Spiritual Evolution of Man According to Ancient Law), Symphonic Trilogy (1915–1918) Adam Noe (Noah) Mojžíš (Moses) Hymnus slunci (Hymn to the Sun), Symphonic Poem (1919)

Songs Nálady (Moods) (1895); words by the composer Melancholické písně (Melancholic Songs) (1895); words by Jaroslav Kvapil Ten Songs on Words of Josef Václav Sládek and Karel Želenský (1896) Twelve Songs on Words of František Serafínský Procházka (1902) Ukolébavka (Lullaby) for Voice and Orchestra (1904) Píseň o matičce (A Song about Mother)

Chorus Vlast (Homeland) Srbské kolo (Serbian Round Dance)

Melodramas Žebrák (The Beggar) (1894) Země (Earth) (1894) Balada o duši Jana Nerudy (Ballad on the Soul of Jan Neruda) (1895) Česká píseň (Czech Song) (1902) Bratři (Brothers) (1903) Zvony (Bells) (1903); words by Edgar Allan Poe

Sacred Pět duchovních písní (Five Sacred Songs, 1916) Te Deum (1916)

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