Osvald Chlubna, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Osvald Chlubna

Czech music educator and composer

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1893

Place of Birth: Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1971

Profession: composer, pedagogue

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Osvald Chlubna (July 22, 1893 in Brno – October 30, 1971 in Brno) was a prominent Czech composer.
Intending originally to study engineering, Chlubna switched his major and from 1914 to 1924, he studied composition with Leoš Janácek.
Until 1953, he worked as a clerk.
Later, he taught at the Organ School in Brno for many years.
He worked in many art organisations in Brno.
Chlubna's works can be defined by three distinct periods: Romanticism, Impressionism, all the way to the Modern Constructivism.
He delved into Symbolism as well.
He used the texts of symbolic Czech poets, such as Otakar Brezina, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Jaroslav Durych and others.
He wrote several cycles of compositions for piano and organ, as well as instrumental concerts, symphonies, ouvertures and cantatas.
He wrote many operas, often using his own librettos, such as The Revenge of Catullus based on the work of Vrchlický (1917), Alladina and Palomid (based on the work of Maeterlinck, 1925), Nura (1932), How the Death came in the World (1936), Jirí from Kunštát and Podebrady (based on the work of Alois Jirásek, 1941), Cradle (composed on the work of Jirásek, 1951), Eupyros (1960).
He also wrote texts and articles primarily about Janácek.