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Ota Čermák

1919 – 1963

Czech musician

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Lived 1919 – 1963 (aged 44). Ota Čermák was a Czech composer and organist.

Ota Čermák (10 April 1919 – 21 August 1963) was a Czech organist and composer of easy listening music. He played on Hammond organ. He recorded numerous songs on the national Czechoslovak label Supraphon and sometimes for foreign labels (e.g. Romania's Electrecord).

Life He was born on 10 April 1919, in Kladno County, Kročehlavy, and died on 21 August 1963 in a car crash near Čáslav.

He died on 21 August 1963 near Čáslav as a result of a car accident.

His most success Record data Riccardo Eugenio Drigo: Serenade (Les Millions d'Arlequin) Harlekýnovy Milióny Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin: Narcissus (Water Scenes) Ernst Fischer: Terrasse am Meer (Südlich der Alpen) Terasa nad mořem (Jížně od Alp) Sebatian Yradier: La Paloma

Other records Jan Hála: Ukolébavka (Lullaby) Husím Pochodem (Geese) Federico Garcia Lorca, Jan Seidel: Lola Antonín Jedlicka: Vzpomínky Jaroslav Křička: Bábinčin maršovský valčík (from the opera Ogaři)

Rafael Hernandez: Cachita Bedrich Nikodem, Jaromír Horec: Sedmikráska (Bellis perennis, "eye of the day") Jaroslav Ježek: Melodia Jaroslava Ježka Bohuslav Nádvorník, R. A. Dvorský, Saša Grossmann: Polibek Gustav Langer: Babička (Mom) Joseph Haydn, Anne Hunter: Sjezdovka Solisko Oskar Schima, Jiří Strnad: Maminko, kup mi koníčka ("Mamma buy me a horse", sung by Oldřich Kovář) Ota Čermák: Dědečkovy hodiny Ota Čermák: Alfa lipsi (Dance is my Life) Alfons Jindra, R. A. Dvorský, Vladimír Dvořák: Cesta domů (Homewards) Johnny Heykens: Zastaveníčko (Serenade) Jan Sibelius: Valse Triste Ota Čermák: Perníková Polka Jaroslav Dudek: Dešťové Kapky (Raindrops) Supraphon SUED 1013 Robert Schumann: Snění (Kinderscenen, Träumerei) Christina Rosettiová, Jan Seidel: Až umru, můj miláčku Richard Wagner: Svatební Pochod Ke Hre W. Shakespeara Sen Noci Svatojánské (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Tatranské pastorale Ota Čermák: Mountain pastorale – Gingerbread polka, Mistletoe Supraphon SUED 1014 Nocturno Discography, other list Disks for home edition labelled in Czech; for export, labelled in English

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Who was Ota Čermák?

Czech musician (1919-1963)

When was Ota Čermák born?

Ota Čermák was born on 10 April 1919 in Kročehlavy, Kladno.

When did Ota Čermák die?

Ota Čermák died on 21 August 1963 in Čáslav.

What was Ota Čermák's occupation?

Ota Čermák was a composer and organist.

What nationality was Ota Čermák?

Ota Čermák was Czech.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ota Čermák

· Wikidata: Q1226922

· DBpedia: Ota Čermák

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