Bohuslav martinu biography of abraham lincoln author

He is the author of the operas Proměna (Metamorphosis,.

He became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra , and taught music in his home town. In the s he experimented with expressionism and constructivism , and became an admirer of current European technical developments, exemplified by his orchestral works Half-time and La Bagarre. Of the post-war avant-garde styles, neo-classicism influenced him the most.

He emigrated to the United States in , fleeing the German invasion of France.

The author is an American who is not a musicologist, and the book is Martinů, Charlotte: Můj život s Bohuslavem Martinů (My Life with Bohuslav Martinů).

Although as a composer he was successful in America, receiving many commissions, he became homesick for Czechoslovakia. He never returned to his native country, and he died in Switzerland. As a child he developed a local reputation, giving his first public concert in his hometown in In he became a violin student at the Prague Conservatory , where he studied briefly before being dismissed for "incorrigible negligence" [ 1 ].

He continued his studies on his own. He spent the First World War in his home town as a teacher, where he pursued his interests in composition. He also joined the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra as a violinist. His ballet Istar was completed in He left Czechoslovakia for Paris in , where he became a pupil of Albert Roussel , though he retained many links with his birthplace.

Life in America was difficult for him, as it was for many of the other outstanding artists who arrived in similar circumstances. He composed a great deal and taught at the Mannes College of Music for most of the period from — His six symphonies were written in the eleven-year period —, the first five being produced between and