Lubor Bárta
Lubor Bárta (August 8, 1928 in Lubná near Litomyšl – November 5, 1972 in Prague) was a Czech composer.
Bárta studied musicology and aesthetics from 1946 to 1948 at Charles University in Prague and was a pupil of Jaroslav Řídký at the Academy of Performing Arts until 1952. He subsequesntly lived as a teacher and freelance composer in Prague.
He composed three symphonies, concerti, string quartets, piano pieces, sonatas and other chamber music.
Selected works
- Orchestral
- Symphony No.1 (1955)
- Concerto for chamber orchestra (1956)
- Dramatická suita (Dramatic Suite) (1958)
- Z východních Čech (From Eastern Bohemia), Symphonic suite (1960)
- Ludī, Suite for chamber orchestra (1964)
- Preludium
- Interludium
- Ludus nocturnus
- Ludus diurnus
- Symphony No.2 (1969)
- Musica romantica for string orchestra (1971)
- Symphony No.3 (1972)
- Concertante
- Concerto No.1 for violin and orchestra (1952)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1957)
- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1959)
- Concerto No.2 for violin and orchestra (1969)
- Chamber music
- Wind Quintet No.1 (1956)
- Trio in C Major for violin, cello and piano (1955)
- String Quartet No.2 (1957)
- Sonata for clarinet and piano (1958)
- Sonatina for trombone and piano (1956)
- Sonata No.2 for violin and piano (1959)
- Balada a burleska (Ballad and Burlesque) for cello and piano (1963)
- Concertino for trombone and piano (1964)
- Čtyři skladby (Four Compositions) for oboe (or clarinet) and piano (1965)
- Sonata for solo guitar (1965)
- Čtyři kusy (Four Pieces) for violin and guitar (1966)
- Sonata for flute and piano (1966)
- String Quartet No.3 (1966)
- Tři kusy (Three Pieces) for cello and piano (1968)
- Wind Quintet No.2 (1969)
- Amoroso for horn and piano (1971)
- Sonata for cello and piano (1971)
- Keyboard
- Sonata No.1 for piano (1956)
- Sonata No.2 for piano (1961)
- Osm skladeb (Eight Compositions) for piano (1965)
- Osm skladeb pro mladé klavíristy (Eight Compositions for Young Pianists) (1967)
- Sonata for harpsichord (1967)
- Sonata No.3 for piano (1970)
- Vocal
- Zpěv nového věku (Song of the New Age), Cantata for chorus and orchestra (1962); text by Václav Nekvinda
- Tři mužské sbory (Three Male Choruses) (1963); words by Miroslav Florian, Paul Verlaine and František Hrubín
- Čtyři písně pro děti (Four Songs for Children) with piano accompaniment (1965); words by Václav Nekvinda, J. Havel and Zdeněk Kriebel
- Čtyři dětské sbory (Four Children's Choruses) (1965); words by Zdeněk Kriebel