Biography
Jan Rychlík (27 April 1916 – 20 January 1964) was a Czech composer and music theorist. He was one of the most important exponents of the Czech New Music in the 1950s and 1960s. Rychlik was born and died in Prague. His parents wanted him to study economics, but he was attracted by the music and foreign languages from an early age. In 1939, during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia he began to study at the Prague Conservatory. Later he became a pupil of Jaroslav Řídký, and in 1946 he graduated from the Master School of Composition in Prague.He collaborated with the Gramoklub Orchestra and also played drums with the early Karel Vlach Orchestra. In addition to his drumming abilities, he was an excellent pianist and also played some other instruments.At the beginning of his career he composed mainly popular dance songs; however, in 1943 he has created first chamber compositions, such as Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano and Sonatine for Piano. Shortly afterwards he focused also on orchestral compositions.
Following World War II he devoted himself mainly to film music. He composed the score for the well-known musical comedy Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera. Some of the songs from the film became evergreens ("Arizona" and "So far"). He is also known as the author of the music for the French film La Création du Monde by Jean Effel.
Jan Rychlík died at the age of 48. Following his death, Czech composer Otmar Mácha composed a memorial work, Variations on a Theme and on the Death of Jan Rychlík, for symphonic orchestra.
Filmography
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Lemonade Joe (1964)
Diamonds of the Night (1964)
Šroubkova dobrodružství (1963)
Of Things Supernatural (1959)
Bomb Mania (1959)
The Creation of the World (1958)
How Man Learned to Fly (1958)
Lost Children (1957)
To jsou Bratři v triku (1957)
Spejbl na stopě (1956)
The Hurvinek Circus (1955)
Návštěva z oblak (1955)
O panence, která tence plakala (1955)
Hudba z Marsu (1955)
The Circus Will Be (1954)
A Drop Too Much (1954)
Kavárna na hlavní třídě (1954)
Psí starosti (1954)
O světle (1953)
Národní umělec Josef Lada (1953)
Hasek’s Tales from the Old Monarchy (1952)
Velké dobrodružství (1952)
O pyšné noční košilce (1952)
Jak si pejsek s kočičkou dělali dort (1951)
Jak si pejsek roztrhl kalhoty (1951)
Závistivá zvířátka (1951)
A B C (1951)
Veselý souboj (1951)
Alibi (1951)
V trestném území (1951)
The Merry Circus (1951)
Případ dr. Kováře (1950)
Papírové nocturno (1949)
Poděbrady (1949)
Byli jsme na dovolené (1949)
Song of the Prairie (1949)
Love and the Zeppelin (1948)
O malých pro velké (1948)
Andělský kabát (1948)
Žijí mezi námi (1948)
Závodník (1948)
The Gift (1947)
Hotovo, jedem (1947)
Čtenáři a jejich svět (1947)
Muži ve fraku (1947)
Springman and the SS (1946)
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GenderMale
Birthday1916-04-27
Deathday1964-01-20 (47 years old)
Birth PlacePrague, Czech Republic
ChildrenJan Rychlík
CitizenshipsCzechoslovakia
Also Known AsJan Rychlik
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