Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Jaroslav Jezek
Jaroslav Ježek (September 25 1906 - January 1 1942) was a Czech composer. He was born in Prague, and died in New York City.
The almost blind Ježek studied composition under Josef Suk and Alois Hába at the Prague Conservatory .
When Ježek met playwrights/comedians Jan Werich and Jiří Voskovec (aka George Voskovec ), leaders of the Osvobozené Divadlo (Liberated Theatre) in Prague, he took up the post as main composer and conductor. During the next decade, he composed incidental music, songs, dances, ballets for the grotesque political satirical plays of Voskovec and Werich . Many of his songs are still hugely popular in the Czech Republic.
Forced to leave Czechoslovakia following the Nazi occupation, Ježek, Voskovec and Werich went into exile in New York City. In 1942, the always ill-healthed Ježek died in exile.
External links
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details