Karel Navrátil (1867-1936)

Started by Alan Howe, Monday 06 October 2014, 06:11

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Alan Howe


Balapoel

It is possible there is confusion between Karel Navratil (1867-1936) and Karl Nawratil (1836-1914), who composed the string quartet recorded at IMSLP.

There is a rendition of String Quartet No. 2 in d minor, op. 21 (1898) by Steve's Bedroom Band on IMSLP. As I listen to it again I'm reminded of other Slavic romantics (Dvorak, Foerster). tuneful melodies, dynamic, full of starts and stops. I definitely would like to hear more from Navratil.

Here. http://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No.2,_Op.21_(Nawrátil,_Karl)


From what I can glean, Nawratil is responsible for Opp 1-28, mainly chamber music and piano works, while Navratil composed operas, orchestral music (concerti, symphony, symphonic poems)

Alan Howe

More than possible. It looks a right old mess...

cypressdome

Unfortunately, the Wikipedia article is a real train wreck.  The composer category pages for both Karel Navrátil and Karl Nawrátil at IMSLP are a little more helpful and include a work list for Karl Nawrátil with information gleaned from Hofmeister and Pazdírek.

Alan Howe