{"id":524,"date":"2020-06-15T14:29:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T13:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dvorak-society.org\/New\/?page_id=524"},"modified":"2022-02-12T15:14:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T15:14:29","slug":"vilem-tausky-cbe-fgsm-1910-2004","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dvorak-society.org\/?page_id=524","title":{"rendered":"Vil\u00e9m Tausk\u00fd CBE FGSM 1910\u20132004"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pages:<\/strong> 296, illustrated (number & type of illustrations:<\/em> colour cover (front and back) + 63 black and white photographs, musical notations, and reproductions of postcards and musical ephemera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pages:<\/strong> 296, illustrated (number & type of illustrations:<\/em> colour cover (front and back) + 63 black and white photographs, musical notations, and reproductions of postcards and musical ephemera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sub-titled \u201cA celebration of his life and achievements published with affectionate remembrance in his centenary year\u201d<\/strong>, this book is a tribute to the composer, conductor and teacher Vil\u00e9m Tausk\u00fd CBE FGSM<\/small><\/strong>. Born in Moravia and trained at the Brno Conservatoire he arrived in the United Kingdom in 1940 with the Free Czechoslovak Army. After WWII he became a naturalised British citizen and was well known as an opera conductor at Sadler\u2019s Wells and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. After 10 years with the BBC Concert Orchestra he joined the staff at the Guildhall School of Music eventually heading Opera Studies and the advanced Conducting course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contents of the book are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n