Vítězslav Novák was one of the most important Czech composers of the late Romantic and early modern periods. Born in 1870 in Bohemia, he became[…]

Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (1870–1949) was a preeminent Czech composer and academic teacher, a pivotal figure in the transition of Czech music from the late[…]

Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949) was a central figure of early-20th-century Czech music: a pupil of Antonín Dvořák, a leading proponent of musical nationalism, and a formidable[…]