František Xaver Thuri (also known as F. X. Thuri) (29 April 1939

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- 22 April 2019) was a Czech

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and a notable

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Early life and education

After graduating from the

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majoring in organ studies, he went on to study

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at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts. He had worked as an oboist for the

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and Prague Chamber Orchestra.

Contributions to the music world

He is known for his tenure as a professor of the

where he had taught a number of notable Czech oboe players (for example his son Jan Thuri, soloist Vilém Veverka among others), who constitute the majority of current soloists in Czech orchestras and solo oboe performers. In the

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he is often called 'the last

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composer', having written an extensive number of works in

and early

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style.

Notable works

Church music

* Musica Sacromontana jubilatica; * Mass in F major; * Mass in B; * Requiem in c minor; * Stabat Mater

Instrumental music

* 4 concertos for Oboe and Orchestra (recorded on Thuri records by his son Jan Thuri); * 2 concertos for Organ and Orchestra; * Homage to

Jan Dismas Zelenka Jan Dismas Zelenka (16 October 1679 – 23 December 1745), baptised Jan Lukáš Zelenka was a Bohemian composer and musician of the Baroque period. His music is admired for its harmonic inventiveness and mastery of counterpoint. Zelenka was ...

* Poema "Elbrus" for Oboe, B-flat Clarinet & Bassoon; * Czech Folksong Suite for Oboe, B-flat Clarinet and Bassoon

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thuri, Frantisek Xaver Czech composers Czech male composers Czech oboists Czech harpsichordists Czech organists Czech musicologists Academic staff of the Prague Conservatory 1939 births 2019 deaths Prague Conservatory alumni