Václav Smetáček
![Prague Wind Quintet, ca 1931 (from left to right: Václav Smetáček – oboe, Vladimír Říha – clarinet, Rudolf Hertl – flute, Otakar Procházka – horn, Karel Bidlo – bassoon)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Prague_wind_quintet_1931.jpg)
He studied in Prague among others with Jaroslav Křička, conducting with Metod Doležil and Pavel Dědeček, musicology, aesthetics, and philosophy at Charles University, receiving his doctorate in musicology in 1933. He was the founder and member of the ''Prague Wind Quintet'' (1928), with whom he performed, composed and arranged compositions for it. From 1930 to 1933, he was a member of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 1934 to 1943, he worked on Czech Radio as conductor and editor. From 1945 to 1966 he worked as a pedagogue at the Prague Conservatory and Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
As a conductor of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, he made several innovations. He enlarged its repertoire with the music of 20th Century and larger vocal symphonic works (including those of Rejcha, Mozart, Cherubini, Dvořák, Foerster, Martinů, Orff, Kabeláč, and Fišer). From 1938, he performed abroad. He was invited later to the many important European and overseas music centres. He primarily devoted himself to the concert music, but he also studied operas. He received many awards for his creations.
His discography includes include suites from Rimsky-Korsakov's operas ''Le Coq d'Or'' and the ''Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh'', Carl Orff's ''Carmina Burana'', Mendelssohn's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', The Hebrides and Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 "Winter Daydreams", J.B. Foerster's Symphony No.4 "Velika noc", Bizet's L'Arlésienne and Chabrier's España and Dvorak's St Ludmila. Provided by Wikipedia
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52by Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1979
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54by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1986
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55Published 1960Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
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56by Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1988
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58by Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1940
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59by Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1992
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60by Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869Other Authors: “...Smetáček, Václav, 1906-1986...”
Published 1989
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