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Bohuslav Martinu

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A Fairy-Tale of Goldilocks, H28 (1)
Adagio, H362 'In memoriam' (2)
Album Leaf, H241 (1)
Arabesques (7), H201 (3)
Ariane, lyric opera in 1 act, H370 (1)
Avec un doigt, H185 (2)
Bagatelle, H323 'Morceau facile' (1)
Ballade, the last Chord of Chopin, H56 (1)
Ballade: Villa by the Sea (1)
Ballads (2) to folk texts, H228 (1)
Barcarolle, H326 (1)
Bergerettes (5) for piano trio, H275 (2)
Best wishes to Mother, H279b (1)
Black Bottom, H165 (2)
Blue Eyes (O modrych ocich), H70 (1)
Bouquet of Flowers, H260 (3)
» Idyll
Butterflies and Birds of Paradise, H127 (2)
Carol of Love, H259 (2)
Cello Concerto no.1, H196 (9)
Cello Concerto no.2, H304 (5)
Cello Sonata no.1, H277 (13)
Cello Sonata no.2, H286 (15)
Cello Sonata no.3, H340 (9)
Chamber Music no.1, H376 'Les fetes nocturnes' (3)
Chanson triste in D minor, H36 (1)
Children's Pieces (4), H221 (1)
Children's Songs (4) and Nursery Rhymes, H225 (1)
Christmas, H167 (1)
Comedy on the Bridge (1)
Concertino for cello, winds, percussion and piano in C minor, H143 (7)
Concertino for piano and orchestra (1)
Concertino for piano trio and string orchestra (2)
Concerto Grosso for chamber orchestra, H263 (3)
Concerto da Camera for solo violin, piano, timpani, percussion and string orchestra (2)
Concerto for 2 violins in D major, H329 (2)
Concerto for flute, violin and orchestra, H252 (3)
Concerto for piano trio and string orchestra (1)
Concerto for string quartet and orchestra (1)
Concerto for two pianos and orchestra, H292 (1)
Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra, H342 (4)
Czech Dances (3) (1)
Czech Dances (7), H195 'Borova' (2)
Czech Madrigals (5), H321 (1)
Czech Madrigals, H278 (1)
Czech Rhapsody, H307a (arr. for violin and orchestra) (2)
Czech Rhapsody for violin and piano, H307 (1)
Danses Tcheques (3), H154 (1)
Divertimento for 2 piccolos, H365 (1)
Double Concerto for strings, piano and timpani, H271 (8)
Dream of the Past (1)
Dumka no.1, H249 'Contemplation' (2)
Dumka no.2, H250 'Elegie' (3)
Dumka no.3, H285bis (3)
Duo Concertante for 2 Violins and Orchestra, H264 (2)
Duo no.1 for Violin and Cello, H157 (6)
Duo no.2 for Violin and Cello, H371 (3)
Duo no.2 for Violin and Viola, H331 (2)
Early of a morning I am out a-weeding, H49 (1)
Easter Carol, H230 (1)
Esquisses (3) (1)
Esquisses (12) Book I, H203 (1)
Esquisses de danses (5), H220 (2)
Esquisses de danses modernes (3), H160 (1)
Estampes, H369 (3)
Etudes and Polkas (5), Book III (3)
Etudes and Polkas (5), Book II (3)
Etudes and Polkas (6), Book I (4)
Evening at the Shore, H128 (1)
Fables, H138 (1)
Fantaisie et Toccata, H281 (1)
Fantasie and Toccata (1)
Fenetre sur le jardin, H270 (3)
Fetes Nocturnes, H376 (1)
Field Mass, H279 (4)
Film en minature, H148 (1)
Film en miniature, H148 (6)
» Tango
Flute Sonata, H306 (8)
Flute Sonata no.1 (4)
Foxtrot, H123bis (1)
Foxtrot, H126 (2)
Fragments (3) from the Opera Juliette (The Key to Dreams) (1)
From Anderson's Fairy-Tales, H42 (1)
From Childhood, H51 (1)
Gilgames, H351 (2)
Harpsichord Concerto, H246 (3)
Harpsichord Sonata (1)
I love old parks, H79 (1)
Impromptus (2) (1)
Improvisation, H333 (1)
Instructive Duo for the Nervous, H145 (1)
Intermezzo, H261 (1)
In the garden at the roost, H77 (1)
It is all gone (To vsechno uz jen zbylo), H55 (1)
Jasek's Song, H37 (1)
Jazz-Suite for Small Orchestra (1)
Jeux, Series II, H206 (2)
Jeux Series I, H205 (2)
Julietta: orchestral suite (2)
Julietta (1)
Keep on kissing, love, H27 (1)
La Danse, H177 (1)
La revue de cuisine, H161 (6)
» Tango
Larmes de couteau (1)
Le Depart: Symphonic interlude from the opera 'The Three Wishes', H175a (1)
Legend of the Smoke from Potato Fires, H360 (2)
Le noel, H167 (1)
Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca, H352 (8)
Les Ritournelles, H227 (3)
Les bouquinistes du quai Malaquais, H319 (1)
Les rondes, H200 (1)
Le train hante, H258 (1)
Little Dance Suite, H123 (1)
Little Songs (3), H34 (1)
Long ago, H69 (1)
Lyric Pieces (3), H98 (1)
Madrigal Sonata, H291 (2)
Madrigal Stanzas (5) for violin and piano, H297 (2)
Madrigals (3) for violin and viola, H313 (9)
Madrigals (4), H380 (1)
Madrigals (4) for mixed voices (1)
Marian Songs (4), H235 (2)
Marry me off, mother (V dejte mne, maticko), H53 (1)
Mazurka, H284 'Hommage to Paderewski' (1)
Memorial to Lidice, H296 (5)
Merry Christmas 1941, H286bis (1)
Mikes of the Mountains, H375 (2)
Mouvements (4), H170 (2)
Nipponari, H68a (1)
Nipponari, H68 (1)
Nocturne, H95 (1)
Nocturno, H91 (1)
Nonet (fragment) (1)
Nonet, H374 (3)
Nove slovenske pisne (New Slovak Songs), H126 (3)
Novy spalicek, H288 (3)
Oboe Concerto (3)
Oboe Quartet, H315 (1)
Oh, speak (Ach, ozvi se), H267b (1)
One-Step, H127b (1)
On tourne!, H163 (1)
Orchestral movement, H90 (1)
Overture for orchestra, H345 (3)
Par T.S.F (On Radio Waves), H173bis (1)
Partita for string orchestra, H212 (3)
Pastel, H8 (1)
Piano Concertino, H269 (1)
Piano Concerto no.1, H149 (2)
Piano Concerto no.2, H237 (2)
Piano Concerto no.3, H316 (3)
Piano Concerto no.4, H358 'Incantation' (5)
Piano Concerto no.5, H366 'Fantasia concertante' (2)
Piano Quartet no.1, H287 (6)
Piano Quintet no.1, H229 (1)
Piano Quintet no.2, H298 (1)
Piano Sonata, H350 (1)
Piano Sonata no.1 (2)
Piano Trio no.1, H193 'Cinq Pieces breves' (Five Short Pieces) (4)
Piano Trio no.2 in D minor, H327 (4)
Piano Trio no.3 in C major, H332 (5)
Piece for the Little Evas, H242 (1)
Pieces (2) for harpsichord (1)
Polkas (6), H101 (1)
Posviceni (Village feast), H2 (1)
Prelude, H140 (1)
Prelude, H178 (1)
Prelude en forme de scherzo, H181a (1)
Prelude no.1, H85 'on the theme of Marseillaise' (1)
Prelude no.2 in F minor, H86 (1)
Preludes (8), H181 (3)
Procession of the Cats on Solstice Night, H122 (2)
Promenades, H274 (2)
Pro tanec (For Dancing), H158 (1)
Puppets, H92 (2)
Puppets: Book 1, H137 (2)
Puppets: Book 2, H116 (2)
Quartet for clarinet, horn, cello and side-drum, H139 (1)
Quartet for oboe, violin, cello and piano, H315 (1)
Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra (10)
Rhapsody for large orchestra (Allegro symphonique) (2)
Rikadla (Nursery Rhymes), H283bis (1)
Rujana, H100 (1)
Sacred Songs (3), H339 (1)
Scherzo (Divertimento), H174a (1)
Scherzo, H138bis (1)
Scherzo for flute and piano (1)
Serenade for chamber orchestra, H199 (1)
Serenade for strings no.2, H216 (1)
Serenade for violin, viola, cello and two clarinets, H334 (1)
Serenaden no.4 (Divertimento) for violin, viola and chamber orchestra, H215 (1)
Serenade no.1 for clarinet, horn, 3 violins and viola in A minor, H217 (2)
Serenade no.2 for two violins and viola, H216 (1)
Serenade no.3 for oboe, clarinet, four violins and cello, H218 (1)
Sextet, H174 (5)
Shine, God, Shine (Svitaj, Boze svitaj), H76 (1)
Short Pieces (5) for violin and piano, H184 (2)
Sinfonia concertante no.1 for double orchestra, H219 (1)
Sinfonietta Giocosa for piano & small orchestra, H282 (1)
Sinfonietta La Jolla for piano and chamber orchestra, H328 (2)
Sonata da camera for cello and chamber orchestra, H283 (1)
Sonata for 2 violins and piano, H213 (3)
Sonata for flute, violin and piano, H254 (3)
Sonatina for 2 violins and piano, H198 (1)
Sonatina for clarinet and piano, H356 (5)
Sonatina for trumpet and piano, H357 (5)
Song about Hanicka (Pisnicka o Hanicce), H80 (1)
Songs (2), H21 (1)
Songs (2), H213b (2)
Songs (2) to Negro Folk Poems, H232b (1)
Songs (3) after poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, H197 (1)
Songs (3) for Christmas, H184b (1)
Songs (3) for the 'Red Seven' Cabaret, H129 (1)
Songs (3) on Chinese texts for soprano and orchestra, 'Kouzelne noci', H119 (1)
Songs (4) to folk texts collected by KJ Erben, H282b (2)
Songs (7) on One Page, H294 (orch. Jiri Teml) (2)
Songs (7) on One Page, H294 (2)
Songs (7) on Two Pages, H302 (Pisnicky na dve stranky) (2)
Song without Words in D minor, H46 (1)
Spalicek (3)
Spring, H127 (3)
Spring in the Garden, H125 (1)
Stin (The Shadow), ballet in 1 act, H102 (1)
String Quartet no.1, H117 'The French' (2)
String Quartet no.2, H150 (2)
String Quartet no.3, H183 (4)
String Quartet no.4, H256 (3)
String Quartet no.5, H268 (3)
String Quartet no.6, H312 (2)
String Quartet no.7, H314 'Concerto de camera' (2)
String Quartets (7) (complete) (1)
String Quintet, H164 (2)
String Sextet, H224 (3)
String Trio no.1, H136 (3)
String Trio no.2, H238 (5)
Suite Concertante for violin and orchestra, H276a (2)
Suite Concertante for violin and orchestra, H276 (3)
Symphony no.1, H289 (13)
Symphony no.2, H295 (8)
Symphony no.3, H299 (9)
Symphony no.4, H305 (16)
Symphony no.5, H310 (10)
Symphony no.6, H343 'Fantaisies symphoniques' (11)
Talk to me further, H66 (1)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (English version) (1)
The Greek Passion (6)
The Haunted Train, H258 (1)
The Jilted Maiden, H67 (1)
The Little Lullaby, H122bis (1)
The Marvelous Flight (1)
The Opening of the Wells, H354 (2)
The Parables, H367 (4)
» no.1
» no.2
The Primrose, H348 (2)
The Rock - Symphonic Prelude, H363 (1)
The Romance of the Dandelions, H364 (3)
The Rose (Ruze), H54 (1)
The Spectre's Bride, H214 (1)
The fiery man, H71 (1)
The fifth day of the fifth moon, H318 (2)
The months, H135 (1)
The sleeper, H19 (1)
The winter night, H26 (1)
Toccata and due canzoni, H311 (1)
Tre ricercari, H267 (2)
Tri jezdci (The 3 Riders), H1 (1)
Trio Sonata for flute, violin and piano, H254 (1)
Trio for flute, cello and piano, H300 (7)
Tri panny za svetle noci (The Three Virgins), H73 (1)
Untitled Composition, H141 (1)
Vanishing Midnight (1)
Variations on a Slovak folk song, for cello and piano, H378 (12)
Variations on a theme of Rossini, for cello and piano, H290 (arr. Benjamin Loeb) (1)
Variations on a theme of Rossini, for cello and piano, H290 (10)
Viola Sonata, H355 (7)
Violin Concerto no.1, H226 (6)
Violin Concerto no.2, H293 (8)
Violin Sonata no.1, H182 (1929) (1)
Violin Sonata no.3, H303 (3)
Vocalise-Etude, H188 (2)
Waltzes (5), H5 (1)
What Men Live By (1)

Bohuslav Martinů ( December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a prolific Czech composer of modern classical music. Martinů wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. Martinů became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and taught music in his home town. In 1923 Martinů left Czechoslovakia for Paris, and deliberately withdrew from the Romantic style in which he had been trained. In the 1930s he experimented with expressionism and constructivism, and became an admirer of current European technical developments, exemplified by his orchestral works Half-time and La Bagarre. He also adopted jazz idioms, for instance in his Kuchyňské revue ("Kitchen Revue").

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