Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900) studierte Komposition in Prag bei Bedrich Smetana und zählt neben diesem und Antonin Dvorák zu den wichtigsten tschechischen Komponisten. Seine als 'Instruktivni Sonatina' (L...
The Czech composer Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900) had a keen interest in classical German literature. It therefore comes as no surprise that he had already set songs to texts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
The fact that the Bohemian composer Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900) is in the shadow of Smetana and Dvorák is totally unjustified because he, too, was instrumental in the foundation of the Czech national sc...
The reputation of the Bohemian composer Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900) has always been somewhat overshadowed by that of Bedrich Smetana and Antonín Dvorák. This is a pity, for Fibich, though he died young,...
Kovács, Béla, arr. Clarinet Quartet
This overture introducing Fibich's opera 'Sarka', was composed between 1896 and 1897 and is based on a famous Bohemian legend. Several Czech composers, such as Bedrich Smetana and Leos Janacek, have u...
