Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann (November 10, 1883 in

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– November 5, 1951 in

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) was a

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organist, composer, and teacher. He spent his early years in study under

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and

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, and taught such notable pupils as Jiří Ropek, Bedřich Janáček, and Josef Černocký. Wiedermann gained great reputation as an organist, he performed in

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(1924),

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(1924),

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(1925), Sweden (1926), and

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(1935).

Selected works

His compositional output comprises 350 opus numbers of varied instrumentation and vocal formations. Organ * ' (Three Pieces for Organ) (1912) * ' (Elegy) (1920) * ' (Three Choral Preludes) (1919–1927) * ' (Míťa's Lullaby) (1935) * ' (Lullaby) (1939) * ' (Under the Czechoslovak Flag and Under the Red Flag) (1946) * ' (1942) * ' (1942) * ' (1945) Violin * ' (Suite in Old Style) - for violin and piano (1920) (orchestrated in 1939) Songs * ' (Three Songs on Themes of Moravian Folk Songs) (1913) * ' (Hanakian Carols) (1936) * ' (Hanakian Songs) (1948) Choirs * ' (Two Male Choirs) (1935) * ' (On the Wings of Breeze) (1945) Cantatas * ' (Miner's Cantata) (1939) * ' (Cantata in Old Style) (1941) Sacred music * ' (1907–1911) * ' (1948)

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* 1883 births 1951 deaths People from Ivanovice na Hané Czech male composers Czech organists Composers from Austria-Hungary Organists from Austria-Hungary Male organists Czech people of German descent Czech music educators 20th-century organists 20th-century Czech male musicians Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery {{CzechRepublic-bio-stub