Informationen zu "Oscar Nedbal Valse Triste String Quartet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM953
EAN: 9790570459537
ISMN: M-57045-953-7
Beschreibung
Oskar Nedbal (26 March 1874 ? 24 December 1930) was a Czech violist,
composer, and conductor of classical music. He was born in Tábor, in southern
Bohemia and studied the violin at the Prague Conservatoire with Antonín
Bennewitz and composition with Antonín Dvorák. He was principal conductor
with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra from 1896 to 1906 and was a founder
member of the Bohemian String Quartet. Because of mounting personal debts,
Nedbal committed suicide by jumping out of a window of the Zagreb Opera House
on 24 December 1930. In recent years, Nedbal's haunting Valse Triste
(featured in his ballet The Tale of Simple Johnny) has been a favorite
stand-alone encore piece of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Valse Triste
is a beautifully poignant and evocative one-movement work, rich in romantic
longings and passion. Contrasting moods and episodes create interest and a
feeling of forward momentum, but always with a sadness underlying the music.
