Jiří Jaroch

Jiří Jaroch was following the composition school of Jaroslav Řídký at the Prague Conservatory and at the Academy of Performing Arts. There he obtained the virtues of individual and responsible approach to creative work. He belongs to the generation which formed during the 1940s. Author’s experiences of playing a viola at the Smetana Theatre in Prague, working as a dramaturgist and a music director at the Czechoslovakian Radio and also his experience from educational practice, were all a valuable asset for his compositions.

He developed from his early romantic musical expression to creative alignment based on modal system of tritone intervals and chord relations. That is exactly where Jaroch’s melodics spring from; on the other hand, the clear architecture of his musical pieces was influenced by the distinct example of Miloslav Kabeláč. Jaroch is the author of numerous symphonic pieces. The most famous is the symphonic poem called “The Old Man and the Sea” (1960) on the theme of Ernest Hemingway’s novel of the same name. The poem is inspired by the vigorous struggle of men to reach the desired goal.

Titles for sale:
Children's Suite for Nonet
Three Movements for Violin, Cello and Piano

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