Luboš Fišer Explained
Luboš Fišer (30 September 1935 - 22 June 1999) was a Czech composer, born in Prague. He was known both for his soundtracks and chamber music. From 1952 to 1956 he studied composition at the Prague Conservatory as a pupil of Emil Hlobil.[1] From 1956 he studied at the AMU in Prague. His first publicly performed compositions were Four Pieces for Violin and Piano (1954).[1]
Selected compositions
- Orchestra & Wind Ensemble
- Patnáct listů podle Dürerovy Apokalypsy (Fifteen Prints after Dürer's Apocalypse) (1965)
- Double (1969)
- Lament for chamber orchestra (1971)
- Report for wind ensemble (1971)
- Labyrinth (1977)
- Serenády pro Salzburg (Serenades for Salzburg) for chamber orchestra (1979)
- Meridián (1980)
- Sonata for orchestra (1998)
- Concertante
- Concerto da camera for piano and orchestra (two versions, 1964 with full orchestra, 1970 with wind)
- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1979)
- Romance for violin and orchestra (1980)
- Concerto for two pianos and orchestra (1983)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (1998)
- Sonata per Leonardo for guitar and orchestra
- Pastorale per Giuseppe Tartini for guitar and orchestra
- Chamber
- Dialogue for trumpet and organ (1996)
- Impromptu for clarinet and piano (1986)
- Piano Trio (1978)
- Romance for violin and piano (1980)
- Ruce (Hands), Sonata for violin and piano (1961)
- Sonata for cello and piano (1975)
- Sonata for solo viola and string quartet (1991)
- Sonata for two cellos and piano (1979)
- Sonata "In Memoriam Terezin" for violin solo (1981)
- String Quartet (1983–1984)
- Sonata for cello solo (1986)
- Testis for string quartet (1980)
- Variace na neznámé téma (Variations on an Unknown Theme), for string quartet (1976)
- Piano
- Sny a valčíky (Dreams and Waltzes) (1993)
- Sonata No.1 (1955)
- Sonata No.3 (1960)
- Sonata No.4 (1962–1964)
- Sonata No.5 (1974)
- Sonata No.6 "Fras" (1978)
- Sonata No.7 (1987)
- Sonata No.8 (1996)
- Organ
- Reliéf (The Relief) for organ solo (1964)
- Choral
- Requiem (1968)
- Vánoční koledy (Christmas Carols) for soloists, mixed choir, and orchestra (1969)
- Vocal
- Istanu, Melodrama for reciter, alto flute, and four percussionists (1980)
- Zapomenuté písně (Forgotten Songs) on Texts of Gypsy Poetry for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, viola, and piano (1985)
- Soundtrack
References
Notes and References
- Book: Československý hudební slovník I. A-L . Černušák . Gracián . Štědroň, Bohumír. Nováček, Zdenko . 1963 . Státní hudební vydavatelství . Prague . 328 . cs.
