Vítězslav Novák
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Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák was a Czech composer and academic teacher at the Prague Conservatory. Stylistically, he was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music is considered an important
Novák in 1899
Vítězslav Novák
Alois Hába
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Alois Hába was a Czech composer, music theorist and teacher. He belongs to the important discoverers in modern classical music, and to the major composers of microtonal music, especially using the qua
Vítězslav Novák
…to 1920, he taught at the Prague Conservatory himself, and this occasionally occupied him to a greater degree than composing. Among his students were Alois Hába, Iša Krejčí, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Ladislav Vycpálek, Otakar Jeremiáš and Stefania Turkewich. During the same period, several events affected Novák's…
Hába in 1957
Quarter-tone grand piano (1924) designed by Hába, built by Förster firm; it consists of two independent bodies, features the three manuals (aux. short key/quarter tone higher/normal). (exhibited at Czech Museum of Music)
Sixth-tone harmonium (1937) designed by Hába, built by Förster firm; it features triple-reed, three manuals, two knee levers, and six registers. (exhibited at Czech Museum of Music)