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Czech conductor and composer (1921–1980)
Jan Tausinger (1 November 1921 in
Piatra Neamţ – 29 July 1980 in
Prague) was a
Romania-born ethnic
Czech
violist,
conductor and
composer.
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Biography
Tausinger studied composition at the
Bucharest Conservatory as a pupil of
Dimitrie Cuclin and
Mihail Jora. Later, he continued his studies at the
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with
Pavel Bořkovec and
Alois Hába. From 1948 to 1952, he studied also conducting with
Metod Doležil and
Karel Ančerl.
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Selected works
- Orchestral
- Symphony No. 1 "Liberation" (1952)
- Confrontazione I., II. (1964)
- Confrontazione III. for string quartet and orchestra (1965)
- Musica evolutiva for chamber orchestra (1970)
- Setkání ve svobodném máji (1975)
- Sinfonia slovacca (1978–1979)
- Promiňte, Mistře..., Little Rondo
- Wind ensemble
- Naše klarinety (Our Clarinets), Fantasy-Polka for wind ensemble (1962)
- Preludium – Sarabanda – Postludium for wind ensemble, harp, piano and percussion (1967)
- Concertante
- Concert for violin and orchestra (1962–1963)
- Concertino-meditazione for viola and chamber orchestra (1965)
- Improvisations "Hommage à J. S. Bach" for piano and orchestra (1970)
- Chamber music
- Sonata for violin and piano (1953–1954)
- Partita for viola and piano (1954)
- Le Avventure di un flauto e un'arpa (The Adventures of a Flute and a Harp), Duo Breve for flute and harp (1965)
- Sonatina emancipata for trumpet and piano (1968)
- Hommage à
Ladislav Černý for viola and piano (1971)
- On rêvient toujours ..., Suite for violin and piano (1974)
- Comme il faut, Sonatina for oboe and piano (1974)
- ... Au dernière amour, Sonata-Suite for cello and piano (1974–1975)
- Sonata for clarinet and piano (1975)
- Two Essays for Due Boemi for bass clarinet and piano (1977)
- 4 Kusy (4 Pieces) for bassoon and piano (1977)
- Korelace (Correlation) for accordion (1978)
- Trio No. 1 for violin, viola and cello (1960)
- String Quartet No. 1 (1961)
- Trio No. 2 for violin, viola and cello (1964–1965)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1966)
- String Quartet No. 3 (1966)
- Colloquio (Colloquium) for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1968)
- Quintet for 2 trumpets, horn and 2 trombones (1968)
- Dva apostrofy (Two Apostrophes) for wind quintet (1968)
- Canto di speranza for violin, viola, cello and piano (1969)
- String Quartet No. 4 "Struktury" ("Structures") (1969)
- Hukvaldský nonet (
Hukvaldy Nonet) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1974)
- Nerovnoramennost (Lopsidedness), Trio for flute, cello and piano (1974)
- 4 Evocations for flute, viola, cello and piano (1976)
- Nonet No. 2 "Črty" ("Sketches") for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1976)
- Nonet No. 3 "Reminiscences" for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1976)
- Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano (1974–1976)
- Interference for violin, horn and piano (1977)
- 7 Mikrochromofonií (7 Michrochromophonies) for clarinet, viola and piano (1977)
- Quatre nuances (4 Nuances) for flute, harp, violin, viola and cello (1978)
- Tři odstíny (3 Shades) for flute, harp, violin, viola and cello (1979)
- Collage for guitar
- Cyklus 9 skladbiček (Cycle of 9 Little Pieces) for 2 clarinets, 2 (or 3) trumpets, 2 trombones and percussion
- De rebus musicalibus for flute, bass clarinet, piano, harpsichord and vibraphone
- Etudy (Studies) for flute and cello
- Kruhy (Circles) for solo flute or flute and piano
- Piano
- Sonata for piano (1948–1950)
- Ten Dodecaphonic Studies (10 Etud) (1972)
- Vocal
- Zpěvy míru (Songs of Peace), 3 Folk Cantatas for voice and piano (1951)
- Láska (Love), Cycle of Songs to Japanese Quatrains for soprano and piano (1964)
- Čmáranice na nebi (Scribbling in the Sky), Song Cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble (1967); text by
Velemir Khlebnikov
- Duetti compatibili "Nulový bod" (Zero Point) for soprano and viola (1971); poetry by
Erik Lindgreen
- Ave Maria for soprano, narrator and orchestra (1972)
- Constellation, Song Cycle for soprano and piano (1975)
- Pražská domovní znamení (Prague House Signs), Song Cycle for soprano and piano (1976); text by
Vítězslav Nezval
- Výchozí bod (Point of Departure) for soprano and 2 violins (1979–80); poetry by
Erik Lindgreen
- Choral
- Já budu vždycky věřit v máj (I Shall Always Believe in May) for female chorus (1959); text by
Jan Noha
- Haló, voláme svět, Song for mixed chorus with accompaniment (1959); text by
Erich Sojka
- Závrať (Dizziness) for mixed chorus and orchestra (1964)
- Správná věc (The Right Thing), Symphonic Picture for tenor solo, mixed chorus and orchestra (1966–1967)
- Houby (Mushrooms), Cycle for children's chorus, bass clarinet and tuba (or piano) (1971); poems by
Josef Hanzlík
- Vyhlášení dobré mysli (Declaration of Good Cheer) for mixed chorus (1972); poems by D. Burlyuk
- Sinfonia bohemica for baritone, male chorus, harpsichord, trumpet and orchestra (1973–1975); texts from
Jan Ámos Komenský,
Julius Fučík and
Jaroslav Heyrovský
- Labutí peříčko (The Swan's Little Feather), Song Cycle for children's chorus and chamber ensemble (1976)
- Oči milenek (Eyes of Lady Lovers) for female chorus (1977); poems by
Vítězslav Nezval
- Vrh kostek (A Game of Dice) for mixed chorus a cappella (1979); verses by
Stéphane Mallarmé
- Kantáta o komunistické straně for alto, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra
- Film scores
- Borisek – malý serzhant (1976)
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Notes
References
- Vysloužil, Jiří (2001). Hudební slovník pro každého II (in Czech). Vizovice: Lípa.
ISBN
80-86093-23-9.
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