Emil František Burian

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Emil František Burian (June 11, 1904 – August 9, 1959), was a Czech poet, journalist, singer, actor, musician, composer, dramatic adviser, playwright and director. He was also active in Czech Communist Party politics. Burian was born in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia, where he came from a musical family. His father was an opera singer. E. F. Burian is the father of singer and writer Jan Burian. In 1927, he graduated from the Prague Conservatory, in the class of J. B. Foerster, but he began participating in cultural life much sooner. E. F. Burian was a member of Devětsil, an association of Czech avant-garde artists. In 1926–1927, he worked with Osvobozené divadlo, but after disputes with Jindřich Honzl, he and Jiří Frejka left the theatre. Later, they founded their own theatre, Da-Da. He also worked with the Moderní studio theatre scene. In 1927 he founded the musical and elocutionary ensemble Voiceband. In 1923, he joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. His work, strongly influenced by communist ideas, bordered on political agitation. In May 1933, he founded the D 34 theatre, with a strongly leftist-oriented program. In 1941, Burian was arrested and spent the rest of World War II in German concentration camps at Theresienstadt, Dachau and finally in Neuengamme. He helped to organize illegal cutural programs for the inmates. After the war, he founded D 46 and D 47 theatre, and led theatres in Brno and the operetta house in Karlín. After Victorious February in 1948, he worked

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Dancing

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Soudruzi, to není fakt, to se opravdu stalo!

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Emil František Burian

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Český jazz 1920-1960

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Webern, Shostakovich, Burian

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Perličky stříbrného plátna 1932 - 1969

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String Quartet No. 4, Op. 95

Jazz-Inspired Piano Music

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Anton Webern - Dmitri Shostakovich - Emil Frantisek Burian

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Historie psaná šelakem - Orchestr Gramoklubu 1936-1937: Večer hot jazzu

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Historie psaná šelakem - Písně z českých zvukových filmů II.

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Hot Dog Blues 1921 - 1944

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