Karel Navrátil Explained

Karel Navrátil (24 April 1867 – 23 December 1936) was a Czech violinist, composer and music educator. He was born in Prague, and studied in Vienna under Guido Adler and František Ondříček, afterward working as a composer and music teacher in Prague. Notable students include composers Helen Hopekirk,^[1] Arthur Hinton and John Powell.^[2]

See also: Karel and Navrátil. He died in Prague.

Some sources have confused him with Karl Nawratil (1836-1914), attributing to him a substantial output of chamber music actually composed by the latter.^[3]

Selected works

Navrátil's compositions include opera, symphonies and symphonic poems, piano and violin concertos, chamber music and piano pieces, songs and choral works.

Opera

• Heřman, Op. 21
• Herman a Dorothea
• Salambo

Orchestral

• Symphony in G minor, Op. 4 [sic] (manuscript score dated 1902)
• Koncertní ouvertura (Concert Overture), Op. 5 (1872)
• Jan Hus, Symphonic Poem
• Žižka, Symphonic Poem
• Bílá hora (White Mountain; Blanche montagne), Symphonic Poem
• Indianerlegende for string orchestra with harp

Concertante

• Piano Concerto in F minor
• Violin Concerto in E major

Piano

• Variace na norské lidové písně (Variations on a Norwegian Folk Song; Variationen über ein norwegisches Volkslied), Op. 4 (1865)
• 2 Skladby (2 Pieces), Op. 6 (1873)
• 3 Balady (3 Ballades), Op. 14 (1883)
• 3 Skladby (3 Pieces), Op. 19 (1888)

Choral

• Mše D-dur (Mass in D major) for soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ, Op. 26
• Kantor Halfar for male chorus

Vocal

• 5 Lieder for voice and piano, Op. 10 (1881)
• 3 Balladen for low voice and piano, Op. 13 (1883); words by Ludwig Uhland

Notes and References

1. Book: The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. Julie Anne. Sadie. Rhian. Samuel. 1994. 21 December 2010. 227. W. W. Norton & Company . 9780393034875.
2. Book: Gramophone. 81. 977–979. Sir Compton. Mackenzie. Christopher. Stone. 2004.
3. This is discussed here with documentation.