THE CZECH COLLECTION
Autographed 6" x 8.5" 2 bar double staved musical quotation of Smetana's famed opening of his Vsyehrad from "Ma Vlast" with a tipped on photograph.
The son of legendary Czech
organist Josef Klicka, he attended the Prague Conservatory where he studied
harp with Hanus Trnecek and theory and composition with Karel Knittl and Karel
Stecker. He played in the Pilsen theater
orch from 1903-1910, also making tours of Europe as a soloist with orchestra
and as a recitalist. From 1922 until the German occupation he was professor of
harp at the Prague Cons. At the conclusion of World War II he resumed teaching
and performing. He composed a significant amount of harp music and arranged music
for the harp.
Harmonie Autographs and Music, Inc.
Music Antiquarian and
Appraiser
New York, New York
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