Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann
Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann (November 10, 1883 in Ivanovice na Hané, Moravia – November 5, 1951 in Prague) was a Czech organist, composer, and teacher.
He spent his early years in study under Josef Klička and Vítězslav Novák, and taught such notable pupils as , , and . Wiedermann gained great reputation as an organist, he performed in England (1924), New York City (1924), Germany (1925), Sweden (1926), and Belgium (1935).[1]
Selected works[]
His compositional output comprises 350 opus numbers of varied instrumentation and vocal formations.
Organ
- (Three Pieces for Organ) (1912)
- (Elegy) (1920)
- (Three Choral Preludes) (1919–1927)
- (Míťa's Lullaby) (1935)
- (Lullaby) (1939)
- (Under the Czechoslovak Flag and Under the Red Flag) (1946)
- (1942)
- (1942)
- (1945)
Violin
- (Suite in Old Style) - for violin and piano (1920) (orchestrated in 1939)
Songs
- (Three Songs on Themes of Moravian Folk Songs) (1913)
- (Hanakian Carols) (1936)
- (Hanakian Songs) (1948)
Choirs
- (Two Male Choirs) (1935)
- (On the Wings of Breeze) (1945)
Cantatas
- (Miner's Cantata) (1939)
- (Cantata in Old Style) (1941)
Sacred music
- (1907–1911)
- (1948)
References[]
- ^ ; (1963). (ed.). Československý hudební slovník II. M-Ž (in Czech). Prague: . pp. 950–951.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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- 1883 births
- 1951 deaths
- People from Ivanovice na Hané
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- Czech people of German descent
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