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Janáček, Leoš

(Encyclopedia)Janáček, Leoš lĕˈôsh yäˈnächĕk [key], 1854–1928, Czech composer, theorist, and collector of Slavic folk music. He studied in Prague and Leipzig and founded a music conservatory at Brno in ...

Mácha, Karel Hynek

(Encyclopedia)Mácha, Karel Hynek käˈrel hēˈnĕk mäˈkhä [key], 1810–36, Czech romantic poet. After studying law at the Univ. of Prague he became a civil servant. He published a number of promising poems an...

Lehár, Franz

(Encyclopedia)Lehár, Franz fränts lĕˈhär [key], 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas. After completing studies at the Prague Conservatory (1882–88), he began a career as a conductor of military bands...

Klemperer, Otto

(Encyclopedia)Klemperer, Otto ôˈtō klĕmˈpərər [key], 1885–1973, German conductor, b. Breslau. Klemperer studied in Frankfurt and Berlin. Working first in Prague, he later conducted the Berlin State Opera (...

Frankel, Zecharias

(Encyclopedia)Frankel, Zecharias zĕkərīˈəs frängˈkəl [key], 1801–75, Jewish theologian, b. Prague. Frankel believed that only through an appreciation of the historical development of the Jewish tradition ...

Weinberger, Jaromir

(Encyclopedia)Weinberger, Jaromir Czech yäˈrômēr wīnˈbĕrgĕr [key], 1896–1967, Czech composer. Weinberger studied at the conservatories of Prague and Leipzig. In 1939, after extensive travels, he settled i...

Schumann-Heink, Ernestine

(Encyclopedia)Schumann-Heink, Ernestine sho͞oˈmən-hīngk [key], 1861–1936, Austrian-American contralto, b. near Prague. Her voice was distinguished for its richness and wide range. She studied with Marietta Le...

Prelog, Vladimir

(Encyclopedia)Prelog, Vladimir vlädyēˈmĭr prāˈlôg [key], 1906–98, Swiss chemist, b. Sarejevo, Austria-Hungary (now in Bosnia and Herzegovina). Educated in Prague, he worked in Yugoslavia until the German i...

Moscheles, Ignaz

(Encyclopedia)Moscheles, Ignaz ĭgˈnäts mōshˈəlĕs [key], 1794–1870, Bohemian-German musician. Born in Prague, Moscheles was a child prodigy. He studied in Vienna with Johann Albrechtsberger and Antonio Sali...

Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de

(Encyclopedia)Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de shärl lwē ōgüstˈ fo͞okāˈ dük də bĕl-ēlˈ [key], 1684–1761, marshal of France and diplomat; grandson of Nicolas Fouquet. His support of t...