Juliana Bendova-Reichardtova (Juliane Benda-Reichardt) [Postupim 1752-1783] was one of the leading singers and composers of early lieder. She studied music theory with her father Frantisek (Franz) Benda. Her output consists of songs and piano sonatas that were published under the title Lieder und Klaviersonaten von Juliane Reichardt, geb. Benda by Karl Ernst Bohne in Hamburg in 1782 (additional six sonatas were published by Campe in Hamburg the same year). Some of her sonatas and songs are deposited in the Czech Museum of Music in Prague.
Marie Karolina Bendova-Wolf (Benda-Wolf) [1742-1820]. Studied piano and voice with her father Frantisek (Franz) Benda. She composed songs.
Katerina Veronika Anna Rosalie Cianchettini-Dusikova [Dussek] [b.Caslav, 8.3.1769-d.London, 1833]. Studied under her father Jan Josef Dusik [Dussek]. She was a sister of composer Jan Ladislav Dusik [Dussek] - it was on his invitation that she moved to London where she met and eventually married music publisher Fr. Cianchettini. She composed two piano concertos and a number of solo piano works, including three sonatas, sets of variations, and short piano pieces. Her Piano Sonata, op. 8 and Variations on a Roman Air for piano are available from ClarNan Editions.
Katerina Cibbini-Kozeluh (also Catharina Cibbini-Kozeluch) [Vienna 20.2.1785- Zakupy 12.8.1858]. Pianist, composer. She was the first of four children of Leopold Kozeluch and Marie Allmayer von Allstern. She studied music theory with her father and Muzio Clementi, and befriended Beethoven. Piano and chamber compositions: Introduction et variations brillantes pour le piano-forte, op.2 [Vienna: Diabelli]; Divertissements brillants, op.3 (Vojtiskova [1954] mentions the divertimenti as op. 1 and 2. The works are deposited in the Moravian Museum in Brno); Introduction and Variations in Eb, op.5 [Vienna: Haslinger]; Six waltzes pour piano-forte, op. 6 [1st. edition: Haslinger, Vienna; 2nd edition: Certosa Verlag]; Introduction and Polonaise, op. 8 [1st edition: Mechetti, Vienna; 2nd edition: Certosa Verlag]; La ribembranza, op. 10; Grand trio concertante sur des motifs favoris pour deux pianos et violoncelle [Vienna: Artaria] (the trio is deposited in the Czech Museum of Music in Prague).
Frantiska Josefa Duskova (Josefine Duschek), née Hambach(e)r. [Prague, 6.3.1754-Prague, 8.1.1824]. An opera singer, Josefine studied music theory with her husband Franz Xaver Duschek [Frantisek Xaver Dusek]. Josefine's mother was from the Weisers family of Salzburg where in 1977 Josefine met Mozart who became her and her husband's close friend (he often stayed at Duschek's villa Bertramka while visiting Prague). A critically acclaimed singer, she often performed Mozart's arias and songs. She also composed piano pieces and songs.
Alzbeta Podleska [1753-1810]
Elisa Schlickova [1792-1855]
born between 1800-1899
Augusta Auspitz, nee Kolarova [Prague 19.3.1844 - Vienna? 23.8.1878]. Concert pianist, composer. Daughter of prominent actors Josef Jiri Kolar and Anna Manetinska, wife of Prof. Auspitz (married in 1865 in Vienna). She studied under Bedrich Smetana, who was her distant relative (Kolar was Smetana's first wife's uncle), Josef Proksch (Prague), and Mme. Clauss-Szarvady (Paris).
Piano compositions and songs: Caprice-Fantasie, Tarantela, op. 1, Scherzo, op. 2, Etude, op. 4, Valdstück, op. 5, Dans le Forêt, op. 6. Opuses 2 and 6 were published in Leipzig by B. Senff (their copies are deposited in the Czech Museum of Music in Prague).
Elise Barthova [1800-?]. Piano compositions.
Lola Beranova, née Aloisie Marie [13.12.1879 - 28.1.1969]. Pianist, composer. Studied piano interpretation with Louis Gregh (1901) and Tereza Carreño (1906), counterpoint with Karel Knittl and composition under Vitezslav Novak (1909-13 and 1921-23). Piano music: piano cycles (several pieces from the cycle "In the Field and Forest" were published in Prague in 1912 by J. Otta and in 1917 by J. Kotrba), Variations for piano, Suite for piano, "Noveletta" for piano (1922), and piano miniatures and sketches; Chamber music: Sonata for violin and piano (1927); Vocal music: song cycle "To Mother" (1926) and songs set to her own texts. Her piano miniature "Kukacka" (Cuckoo) was released on Phontastic 321367.
Rosa Bleitnerova [19th century]. Orchestral works, songs.
Lydie Boesgaard-Schmidtova [1890-19?]. Piano pieces.
Josefina Brdlikova, née Mourkova [Prague, 20.3.1843-Prague 21.4.1910]. Composer, singer. Studied music with her brother-in-law V.V. Zeleny and uncle J. Mourek, and later in Prague with Z. Kolesovsky and J. Kaan. In 1865, she married the manufacturer J. Brdlik and moved to Pocatky. Piano compositions: Evening Shadows, Three Serenades, Song [published in 1892], Improptu, Field Flowers from the Bohemian Valleys, In Reeds; Miniatures, Collection of Piano Pieces [in two volumes], Waltz Aphorisms for four hands (in 4 volumes), Spring Romance, for four hands; Songs: 6 cycles of songs. Other works.
Matylda Chrudimska [1882-1956]
Emmy Destinn, also Ema Destinnova, née Emilie Paulina Venceslava Kittlova [Prague 26.2.1878-Ceske Budejovice 28.1.1930]. A prominent opera singer, Destinn also composed twelve songs, set to texts by A. Wening. The songs were published under the title Zahrada srdce (Garden of the Heart) by Mojmir Urbanek.
Marie Drdova (pseud. Konstantin Constans) [1889-1970]. Studied composition under Vitezslav Novak and Ottorino Respighi. Orchestral, chamber, piano, vocal compositions, a ballet, and twelve operas.
Marie Dresslerova-Schwarzkopf [1889-19?]. Piano pieces and vocal compositions.
Katerina Emingerova [Prague, 13.7.1856-Prague, 9.9.1934]. Composer, concert pianist, writer. Studied composition privately under Zdenek Fibich and Vitezslav Novak. She taught piano performance at the Prague Conservatory (until 1928) and was an accomplished musicologist and educator. She started composing at the age of 13. Selected compositions: Piano music: Etude for piano, Inventions for piano, Tarantella, op. 4 (1882), Mignonette (1875), Ni-Polka (1878), Sychrovsky kvapik (1879), Melancholy polka (1897), 2 compositions for piano four hands; Chamber music: Violin Sonata [1881], Polonaise, for violin and piano; Vocal compositions: songs for voice and piano; songs for two voices and piano; "Pampelisky" (Dandelions) for women's choir; choruses for 2 and 4 female voices, choruses for 4 male voices, "O salutaris hostia" for mixed choir (1901); Orchestral music (orchestrated piano music): Dance music for orchestra (quadrilles, polkas, valses, tarantella, from 1872-1882). A selection of her piano pieces was published by Klemm in Dresden [Tarantella, 1882] and by Schindler [Mignonette, 1875; Ni-polka, 1878], Barvitius [Sychrovsky kvapik, 1928], and Otto [Melancholy Polka. In Zlata Praha, 2 (1901)] in Prague, while some of her songs and choruses were published by Urbanek in Prague [1882 and 1900]. Her Two Pieces for Piano were recently published by Certosa Verlag. Her manuscripts are housed by the Prague Conservatory and the Czech Museum of Music in Prague.
Anezka Falladova-Skvorova [24.12.1881-22.4.1960]. Harpist, composer, and teacher at the Brno Conservatory. Her creative output includes 130 compositions, mainly for solo harp. She also composed several piano pieces, and a piece for harp and cello.
Ludmila Hradcova [Prague, 9.9.1892-Prague, 3.8.1947]. She studied composition privately under Vitezslav Novak. She composed and arranged songs and choruses for women's voices and chamber music (violin sonata).
Heda Hruskova [1893-?]
Bozena Jahnova, née Svobodova [Prague, 4.12.1840-Prague, 21.5.1902]. Sister of Milada Jarolimkova. Her creative output includes 21 works, primarily vocal compositions for mixed choir, songs, piano pieces, and a melodrama.
Milada Jarolimkova, née Svobodova [Prague, 21.12.1847-Prague, 10.9.1886]. Sister of Bozena Jahnova. Piano compositions [her composition "Au ruisseau" was published by Christoph & Kuhe in 1875].
Marie Kavalierova [1860-1933]. Compositions for piano and zither, songs.
Zdenka Kendikova-Linhartova [1861-1905?]. Studied composition under Zdenek Fibich. Chamber and piano music.
Marie Kolarikova-Sedlackova [1897-1961]. Chamber music and songs.
Anna Kozankova [1861-1952]. Chamber music: Longing for violin and piano, 2 string quartets; piano works: Sonata in C Minor, Romance, Nocturne; and vocal compositions: Ave Maria for voice and piano.
Hana Kralikova, née Johana Slavkovska [25.3.1888-19?]. A gifted visual artist and accompanist (to Emmy Destinn and Jan Kubelik), Kralikova studied composition under Vitezslav Novak. Her creative output includes 50 piano and vocal compositions (e.g. choruses "Raseni" and "Slavnostni sbor", song cycles Dream of Love and Evening Songs), two operettas, and stage music. Piano pieces Lullaby and Humoresque were published in 1916 in Zlata Praha, 24, 15.
Eliska Krasnohorska [1847-1926]. Pseudonym of Alzbeta Pechova. She wrote librettos to Bendl’s and Smetana’s operas.
Marie Kucerova-Herbstova [1896-1962]. Studied composition under Vitezslav Novak. Orchestral, piano, and vocal compositions. Theatre music, a ballet, and four operas for children.
Anna Lacmanova [1875-1930]. Studied composition under Frantisek Spilka. Piano pieces, music for mixed choir, and 50 songs.
Florentina Malla [14.7.1891-7.6.1973]. Studied composition privately under Vitezslav Novak [1914-16]. Here output includes a sonatina and preludium for piano, instructive music for piano, and more than fifty songs.
Hermina Pelikanova [1876-19?]
Ludmila Peskarova, née Kadlecova [Sobotkovice 4.2.1890-Rajhrad 22.6.1987]. Peskarova graduated from a teachers'college in Litomysl and from 1912 to 1933 she taught in Rajhrad. In 1921 she married a colleague teacher, Jan Peskar.
In 1942, her husband was executed by the Nazis, and in 1943, Peskarova was
transported to Ravensbrück where she was imprisoned until April 1945. It was
during her imprisonment that she composed and arranged
songs, set to her texts, for female voice / women's choir, some with piano or cello accompaniment. Her songs "Cerne vlajky," "Modlitba za vlast," "Hradcany krasne"
"Kdybych mela aero," "Slunce vychazi a zapada" and others have been recorded by Francesco Lottoro and released as a part of KZ Muzik CD Series.
Ludmila Prokopova [1888-1959]
Marie Proksch [1836-1900]. Pianist, music teacher, composer. Studied piano and composition with her father, Josef Proksch [Liberec 1794-Prague 1864], who was teacher of Bedrich Smetana. Marie Proksch taught at Musikbildungsanstalt Institute founded by her father in Prague in 1830. Her creative output includes piano compositions.
Regina Rehakova [Broumov, 25.7.1892-Pilsen, 17.11.1953]. An accomplished violinist, Rehakova composed instructive music for violin and viola (published in 1938 by Barvitius in Prague and in 1944 by Mares in Pilsen). Her creative output includes violin and piano pieces, a melodrama, and songs.
Julie Reisserova, née Kühnlova [Prague, 9.10.1888-Prague, 25.2.1938]. Studied composition in Prague with J.B. Foerster (1919-1921), in Berne with Ernst Hohlfeld, and in Paris with Albert Roussel (1924-1929) and Nadia Boulanger. In 1921 she married Czech diplomat Jan Reisser and spent much of her life abroad, working as a freelance writer for Tempo and Lidove noviny.Orchestral works: Suite for Orchestra (1928-31), Pastorale Maritimo for Orchestra (1933),
orchestral song "Predjari" (1936); Piano compositions: piano cycle 'Esquisses' (1928-1932), published by Skandinavisk og Borups Musikforlag in 1935; Deux Allegros. Vocal compositions: song cycles "Brezen"/ March (1923-25, orchestr. 1931, piano reduction Emil Hajek), published by Skandinavisk og Borups Musikforlag in 1934; song cycle "Sous la neige" for piano, on Chinese poetry (1936);
female chorus "Slavnostni den" (Festive Day, 1936), set to her text and dedicated to senator Frantiska Plaminkova.
Matylda Ringelsbergova [19th cent.]
Blazena Rylek-Stankova [1888-1974]. Studied composition under Alois Haba (graduated in 1946). Vocal compositions and chamber music (25 pieces in quarter tone and sixth tone music for various instruments and 8 diatonic works).
Anezka Schulzova [Prague 23.4. 1868-1905]. She studied composition under Zdenek Fibich and wrote librettos to several of his operas.
Hana Slavkovska [19-20th cent.]. Songs.
Otilie Sukova, née Dvorakova [1878-1905]. Daughter of Antonin Dvorak and wife of composer Josef Suk. Piano compositions: On the horseback, Lullaby, Humoresque. Music available on CD.
Jaromira Tomaskova-Novakova [1892-1957]
Felicia Tuczek [19th cent.?]. String Quartet in F Minor.
Agnes Tyrrell [Brno, 20.9.1846-Brno, 18.4.1883]. Composer, pianist. Tyrrell should be considered a major Europan woman composer, and she is also one of a few women who composed symphony prior 1900. A daughter of English language teacher Henry Foster Tyrrell and his wife Josefine Kotulan, she spent her entire life in Brno [now the Czech Republic]. She was a child prodigy, showing her musical talent at three and performing at a recital at nine. Tyrrell studied composition with Otto Ritzler, and produced many substantial works, particularly for piano. She was a prolific composer - her overall output includes nearly three hundred works, comprising sonatas, rhapsodies, string quartets, overtures, a symphony, songs, an opera, and an oratorio. Vocal Compositions: 38 songs and song cycles, 7 male choruses, 2 female choruses, 6 choruses for mixed voices; Piano works: 39 piano compositions. Early works include Andante, op. 6, Theme and Variations in F Major, op. 8, and Nocturno, op. 16. Mature works include her outstanding Etudes, op. 48, and Grand Sonata, op. 66. Chamber works: String quartet in G Major; Orchestral works: Symphony in C Major, 2 ouvertures for orchestra, 1 orchestral "mazurka". Stage works: Oratorio "Die Konige in Israel"; opera "Bertran de Born". Published works: A collection of 12 Etudes, op. 48, dedicated to Liszt (Fr. Schreiber, Vienna, 1872?). Agnes Tyrrell's life and music is a subject of the doctoral dissertation of Martina Schulmeisterova (Janacek Academy of Performing Arts in Brno).
Ludmila Vojackova-Wetche [1872-19?]. Concert pianist and composer. Studied composition under Antonin Dvorak at the Prague Conservatory.
Slava Vorlova, née Miroslava Johnova (pseud. Mira Kord) [Nachod 15.3.1894 - Prague 24.8.1973]. Studied composition under Vitezslav Novak and with Jaroslav Ridky. Orchestral, chamber, piano, and vocal compositions. Instructive music, incidental music, two operas. Publisher: Panton International [Schott].
Elsa Wellnerova [1892-19?]. Studied with Mandyczewski. Orchestral works: Eight Menuets for String Orchestra, Serenade for Strings; Chamber music: string quartets, Variations for oboe and piano; Solo piano: Passacaglia and other piano works; Vocal compositions: Cantata for mixed choir, quartet and piano, choruses for women's voices, songs.
Mila (Emilie Vojteska) Zadrobilkova-Heidelbergova [Prague, 23.10.1844-Prague, 3.6.1872]. Piano compositions and two songs (one published).
born between 1900-1950
Vlasta Bachtikova [1940]. Her creative output includes Concerto in B-flat Major for clarinet and orchestra, Five Miniatures for soprano, recorder and guitar [publ. by Baerenreiter] and pieces for flute and piano [Amos Editio].
Marie Blazkova, née Kepkova [1907]. Studied composition under Alois Haba. Chamber and piano compositions, songs.
Olga Bubenickova-Sramkova [1918-1971]. String Quartet.
Olga Cechova [20th cent.]
Kitty Cervenkova [1904-1983]
Milada Cervenkova [1947]. Studied with Milan Bachorek. Selected works: Orchestral: Passacaglia for large orchestra, Suite for Strings; Solo instrument: Violin Sonata, Piano Sonata; Chamber music: String Quartet; Pastoral suite for flute and harp; Vocal music: Songs for mixed choir. Music available on CD.
Narcisa Donatova [1928]
Anna Drevjana, née Kozlova [1905-?]. Songs.
Dagmar Fabianova-Sarova [1926]. Studied composition with Emil Hlobil at the Prague Conservatory. Selected works: Suite for symphony orchestra, "Legend," for symphony orchestra, Scherzo for orchestra, "Tre tempi" for chamber orchestra, Mazur for wind orchestra, Concertino for wind nonet, Three Movements for brass quintet, "Meditazione" for flute, bass clarinet, and piano, "Pezzo da camera" for bass clarinet and piano, Rondo for flute and piano, Bagatelles for piano, and music for organ.
Liza Fuchsova [Brno 1913-London 1977]. Pianist (member of Dumka Trio) who also composed music for her instrument. Fuchsova left her homeland in 1939 and settled in England where she died in London in 1977.
Anezka Gorlova, née Janeckova [1910-1993]. Songs.
Irena Hodkova [1932]. Studied with Emil Hlobil at the Prague Conservatory. Her creative output includes Suite for Orchestra [1956].
Marta Jirackova [1932]. Studied composition with Emil Hlobil, Alois Pinos, Ctirad Kohoutek, and Alois Haba. Orchestral, chamber, and vocal compositions. Electroacoustic compositions, instructive music.
Olga Jirkova [1926]. Chamber music: oboe sonata, violin sonata, two cello sonatas, Variations for wind quintet; Vocal music: song cycles "Vsechny cesty" [1972], "Jarni mi rozumi vitr" [1978].
Berta Kabelacova-Rixova [20th cent.]. Primarily a concert pianist, she also composed several piano and vocal compositions.
Vitezslava Kapralova [Brno 24.1.1915 - Montpellier 16.6.1940]. Kapralova is considered the most important Czech woman composer and a major European composer. Studied composition with Vaclav Kapral and Vilem Petrzelka (Brno), Vitezslav Novak (Prague), Bohuslav Martinu and Nadia Boulanger (Paris); conducting with Zdenek Chalabala (Brno), Vaclav Talich (Prague), and Charles Munch (Paris). Orchestral, chamber, piano, and vocal compositions. Publishers: HMUB, Pazdirek, Svoboda, Melantrich, La Sirène Musicale, Editio Supraphon, Editio Praga, Baerenreiter, Amos Editio, Czech Radio Publishing House, EGGE-Verlag. Music available on CD.
Vera Kistler-Polenova [b. Volary 23.3.1929, d. 3.8.2006], immigrated to USA in 1947 and became a US citizen in 1949. Graduated in Music Education with B.A. from Coker College (1969) and with M.A. from the University of South Carolina (1973). In 1987, she obtained the D.M.A. in Music Composition from the University of South Carolina. Orchestral, chamber and vocal compositions. Publisher: Alliance Publications.
Eliska Kleinova [27.2.1912-2.9.1999]. Composer of instructive piano music for children. She devoted her life to preserving and promoting music of her brother Gideon Klein.
Antonie Knoblochova [1905-?]. Studied composition with Otakar Sin and under Vitezslav Novak. Selected works: Symphony, Sextet for flute, bassoon, piano, violin, viola, and violoncello, string quartet, Piano Trio, Suite for solo organ, Suite for piano, Children's Suite, Lullaby, Scherzo, Three Songs, song cycle "Clouds," Three Spiritual Songs for Three Women's Voices, Song "Tulacka" for male choir, Song "Budme svoji" for mixed choir.
Marie Kostakova-Herodkova [1900-1973]. Chamber music, compositions for harp.
Ivana Loudova [1941]. Studied composition with Emil Hlobil, Miloslav Kabelac, Andre Jolivet, and Olivier Messiaen. Orchestral, chamber, solo instrument, vocal, and choral compositions. Instructive music. Publisher: Panton International [Schott]. Music available on CD.
Jarmila Mazourova [1941]. Studied composition with Vilem Petrzelka, Ctirad Kohoutek and Jan Kapr at the Janacek Academy of Music in Brno. Orchestral, chamber, piano, and vocal compositions. Ballet and theatre music. Instructive music.
Geraldine Mucha, née Thomsen [London 5.7.1917]. She was born in a Scottish family. Her father, Marcus Thomsen, was a popular concert baritone and a professor of voice at the Royal Academy of Music. Her mother enjoyed success as a singing actress and appeared in several notable London musical productions.
Encouraged by her father, the young Geraldine was given lessons in harmony from the composer Benjamin Dale, a professor at the Royal Academy. She was introduced to Sir Arnold Bax, a prominent figure in British music, by his daughter Maeve, who was her school friend. Bax took a keen interest in Geraldine's music and would often play through her latest compositions and discuss them with her.
Thomsen studied composition and conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Here she continued her studies with Benjamin Dale, and acquainted composers Alan Bush and William Alwyn.
In 1939, her studies were interrpupted by the WWII, and although the Royal Academy remained open, Geraldine was obliged to combine her studies with working on a telephone switchboard. She still found time to compose incidental music for an anti-fascist play, however, and to make musical arrangements for the BBC. At this tiem Geraldine met her future husband, Jiri Mucha. From there her life took an unexpected course: they returned together to Prague in the autumn of 1945, where she has lived, intermittently, since.
Work:Orchestral and stage music: ballets [1937, 1942 (Nausica), 1965 (Macbeth)], Fantasy [1946], Symphonic Suite "Pictures from Sumava" [1952], Piano Concerto [1960], Carmina Orcadiana [1960?], Ouverture for Orchestra "The Tempest" [1964]; Chamber and solo instrument music: string quartets [1941, 1962, 1988], Parting and Teasing, for piano [1942], Sonatina for Viola [1945], Sonatas for violin and piano [1947, 1961], Piano pieces for children [1953], 16 Variations on a Scottish Folksong, for piano [1957], Sea Scenes, for violin and piano [1958], Nonet [1959, 1982], Sonnets from Shakespeare, for speaker, flute, and harp [1961], Song of Songs, for speaker, flute, and harp [1963], Serenade for wind quintet [1964], Intermezzo, for English horn and strings [1988], Music for harp and piano [1990], Epitaph (in memory of Jiri Mucha), for string quintet and oboe [1991], Piano Trio [1995]; "For Erika," for violoncello and piano [year?]; Vocal music: Collection of Czech and Slovak songs, for baritone and piano [1943], Folk Lullabies [1952], Two Choruses for women's voices [1956-1958], Incantation, for baritone and orchestra on lyrics by Byron [1960], En Los Pinares de Jucar, for soprano, oboe d'amore and strings [1975], 3 Jersey Folksongs, for soprano, baritone, and piano [1975], 3 Winter Songs, for soprano, baritone, and piano [1975], John Webster Songs, for soprano and orchestra (also a version for oboe d'amore, harpsichord, and for piano [1975-1988], 5 canciones de Antonio Machado, for soprano and 7 solo instruments [1980s], Sonnets of Hawthornden, for soprano, oboe, and string quintet [1990]. Publisher: Panton [Schott], Epitaph, for oboe and string quintet [1991].
Listen to "For Erika," for cello and piano and this radio interview with Geraldine Mucha with excerpts from her 1991 composition Epitaph.
Jana Obrovska[1930-1987]. Studied composition with Jaroslav Ridky, Miroslav Krejci and Emil Hlobil. Orchestral and chamber compositions, instructive music. Publisher: Baerenreiter.
Elena Petrova, née Krupkova [9.11.1929-2002]. Studied composition with Jan Kapr and Miloslav Istvan at the Janacek Academy of Music; later taught music theory at the Charles University in Prague. Orchestral and Stage Music: Opera "Kdyby se slunce nevratilo" (Should the Sun Not Return), incidental music for television and radio, ballets "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Remarkable Rocket," "Sunflower" and "Longing Odysseus", Festive Ouverture, Passacaglia, Festive Music, Trauermusic, 3 symphonies; Chamber music: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Invocation for bass clarinet and piano, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Capriccio for bass clarinet and percussions, string quartet; Solo instrument: Pantomime for viola d'amore, Eclogues for bass clarinet, Preludium and Passacaglia for organ, Inspiration for piano four hands [Panton: Prague, 1985], Piano Sonatas No. 1 and 2, Four Improptus for piano, Preludes for piano; Vocal music: Songs about Time, for baritone and piano, Madrigals for mixed chamber choir, "Watercolours" for men's choir, Five Slovak Songs for men's choir, "Songs of an Old Moon" for soprano and chamber orchestra, 'Sunny' Sonata for soprano and chamber chorus, Mourning of Queen Ningal, for soprano and chamber chorus, a melodrama Tanbakzan, for speaker and chamber chorus, cantata "To the Night." Publisher: Czech Music Fund, Panton (Schott). Music available on CD.
Olga Putzkerova [1909]
Frederika Schwarzova [1910-?]. Chamber and piano compositions, songs.
Hana Semikova-Balaszova [1930?-1964?]. Studied composition with Emil Hlobil at the Prague Conservatory. Her creative output includes Suite for Strings, Sonatine for Violin, Piano Sonata, Preludes for Piano, Songs for Children.
Vlasta Smejkalova [1915]. Studied composition with Frantisek Spilka. Orchestral, chamber, piano, solo instrument compositions, songs, and choruses.
Anita Smisek [1941]. American composer of Czech origin, pianist, organist, co-owner of a publishing company specializing in Czech music. Chamber, piano/organ, vocal, and choral compositions.
Jitka Snizkova-Skrhova [14.9.1924-11.5.1989]. Studied composition with Alois Haba. Snizkova taught music theory at the Prague Conservatory and was also an accomplished musicologist (research in Czech medieval and renaissance music). Orchestral music: Sinfonietta "Balatta" for chamber orchestra, "European Reminiscences," for chamber orchestra, "Interludia Fantastica," for flute, tambourine, and strings; Chamber music and music for solo instrument: Sonata "al Fresca" for viola and piano, "Meadows," for oboe and piano, Interludes for flute, clarinet, and harp, "Alfa solaris" for bass clarinet and piano, Sonata "Pastoricia" for violin and piano, "Greek Fairy-Tales" for flute and harp, wind trio, 4 string quartets, "Die Glocke der Hoffnung," for horn, trombone, and piano, "Magion" for two trumpets, french horn, two trombones, and organ, "Forest Tunes," for 3 trombones, "Medieval Reminiscences" for organ, "Polonica," for organ, "Lusatica," for organ, "Start" for piano four hands, "Fantasticon" for two pianos, "Epithalamia," for flute; Choral and Vocal Music: choruses Nightingale, Hlaholic Fragment, Greek Chants, Agnes regis filia, Rivers from Orlicke Mountains, Karel Capek's Letter, "Song," "Who Remembers Giovanni Punto"; cantatas "J.A. Komensky," "Albert Einstein," "Bozena Nemcova;" oratoria "Vita Caroli," "Damaskedion," "In honorem Sancti Adalberti," and "Bethlehem from Trebochovice;" melodrama "Spring Greetings;" song cycles "Arabesques," Gitanjali Songs, Ariadna, Lieder des Lichtes, Vysocina Paths, I am an Island, Ave Maria, Song of Emmy Destinn, Song of Songs, Traces of Saints; and instructive music for children. Publisher: Editio Supraphon [now Baerenreiter], Panton [now Schott], Czech Music Fund.
Zdenka Vaculovicova [22.9.1946]. Studied composition with Zdenek Zouhar at the Janacek Academy of Music in Brno. Her creative output includes chamber music, organ and piano music, oratorios, psalms, and masses.
Marie Vitkova [1915]
Marie Voldanova [1928]
Ilsa Weberova (also: Ilse Weber) [1903-1944]. Poet, writer of children's books, and Czech Radio producer, Weber also composed songs. During the WWII she was imprisoned in Terezin and later transported to Auschwitz where she and her son were executed in 1944.
Katerina Zlatnikova [1939]. Dulcimer player who also composes for her instrument.
