Jiří Pauer (22 February 1919 in Libušín,

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– 28 December 2007 in

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) was a Czech composer. Pauer studied first with Otakar Šín, then from 1943 to 1946 at the

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with

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, and finally with Pavel Bořkovec at the

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. He later taught for many years at the Academy where his pupils included composer Jiří Gemrot. He has composed many pieces, many of which focus on the brass orchestral instruments, symphonies, and further orchestra pieces, a bassoon concerto, a horn concerto and a trumpet concerto, chamber music pieces, and piano pieces. His opera ''Zdravý nemocný'', based on

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's '' Le Malade imaginaire'', premiered at the

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on 22 May 1970. In 1989 Jiří Pauer was dismissed from his post as general director of the National Theatre in Prague, because of his support for the policies of the former Communist Czechoslovak government. Pauer had locked staff out of the National and Smetana theatres on 17 November 1989 to prevent the opera, ballet and drama companies from staging protest performances. After a three-week strike Pauer was replaced by

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'', March 1990, p291.

Selected works

*'' Zuzana Vojířová'' opera, 1958 *''Concerto'' for Bassoon and Orchestra, 1949 *''Concerto'' for Horn and Orchestra, 1957 *''Wind Quintet'', 1961 *''12 Duets'' for Viola and Cello, 1969–1970 *''Concert Music'', 1971 *''Concerto'' for Trumpet and Orchestra, 1972 *''Trompetina'' for Trumpet and Piano, 1972 *''Trombonetta'' for Trombone and Piano, 1974–1975 *''Intrada'' for 3 Pianos, 3 Trumpets, and 3 Trombones, 1975 *''Tubonetta'' for Tuba and Piano, 1976 *''Hymn for communist party'', 1977 *''Characters'' for Brass Quintet, 1977–1978 *''12 Duets'' for 2 Trompets (or Horns), 1983 *''Trio'' for 3 Horns, 1986

References

*The information in this article is based on that in its German equivalent in the German Wikipedia. 1919 births 2007 deaths People from Libušín Czech composers Czech male composers Czech opera composers Male opera composers Male classical composers 20th-century Czech male musicians Czechoslovak musicians {{CzechRepublic-composer-stub