Milan Kymlicka (Czech: Milan Kymlička; 15 May 1936 – 9 October 2008) was a

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-Canadian

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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

and

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. He was known for his composition of film and television scores, including those for the animated television series '' Rupert'', ''

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'', '' Anatole'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' and the live-action television series ''

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'' and ''

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''. He received a

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in 1996 for his work on ''

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''.

Early life

Kymlicka was born in

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, Czechoslovakia. He earned degrees from the

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and the

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. At the latter institution he was a pupil of Emil Hlobil.

Career

Kymlicka began his work as a composer in his native country and by 1967, he had produced 20

film score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

s, a

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, a

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, several works for solo

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, a number of

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s, and created the theme for an animated television series. After the

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in 1968, Kymlicka emigrated to Canada, where he settled in

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, Ontario. By the early 1970s, he was working as a studio arranger/conductor at the

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. In 1974, Kymlicka became a naturalized Canadian citizen. That year, he arranged music for and conducted the Hamilton Philharmonic, accompanying pop musician Ian Thomas; his arrangements were included on some of Thomas' recordings in the 1970s. Kymlicka continued working as a composer, arranger, and conductor for film, television, and radio. His composition "Four Valses" was recorded by pianist

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in New York."RECORDINGS; Acoustics Are The Treasure In Bank's Hall"
''New York Times'', Apr 30, 1989. Lawrence B. Johnson Kymlicka died in Toronto in 2008. Among his last released works was '' Závoj tkaný touhami'' (originally by

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), arranged for the 2008 album '' Ohrožený druh''.

References

External links

"Milan Kymlicka"
''Encyclopedia of Music in Canada'', Historic Canada *
Death notice
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