Jan Klusák

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Jan Klusák (born in Prague on April 18th 1934) studied composition with Jaroslav Ridky and Pavel Borkovec at the Academy of Performing Arts (1953 - 57) in Prague. Since then he has been a freelance composer, theatre and film actor, prose-writer and author of libretti for his own operas. As a composer, his starting point was Neo-classicism (I. Stravinsky, S. Prokofjev, I. Krejci). Since the autumn of 1959 he started to compose for Libor Pesek's Chamber Harmonic Orchestra (Pictures for 12 Wind Instruments, Four Small Voice Exercises on Texts by F. Kafka, 1st Invention). This gave Klusak the impulse of new creative orientation towards the then New Music, and during the sixties he has been shaping his individual method of composing (particularly in the series of inventions for various combination). He got to grips with the dodecaphony and serial techniques of the Second Viennese School but he has also acknowledged his indebtedness to A. Bruckner and G. Mahler as his favourite masters. Klusak's masterpiece from this period of time was the highly acclaimed Variations on Mahler's Theme (1962). Astrology and some magic practices are known to have played also a part in the formation of his style, while the composer himself described his method as neo-Platonic. During the sixties Klusak also did a great deal of work in film - as a composer of film music as well as directly as an actor. After August 1968 he was marginalised by the communist regime. At this time, however, he also found s

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Klusák: String Quartets Nos. 1-5

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Czech Film Music

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Daisies (Sedmikrásky)

Klusák: Inventions

Klusak: String Quartets Nos 1-5

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Daisies

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Symphony No. 1

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TV Kult aneb zlaté hity

Rychlík, Klusák, Hurník: Reminiscences, Proverbs, Moments musicaux

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Daisies (Sedmikrásky) OST

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Klusák: Umění dobré souhry

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Nemocnice na kraji města

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