Rudolf Komorous (born 8 December 1931,

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) is a Czech-born Canadian

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. His works include ''Twenty-Three Poems about Horses'' (1978), based on the poetry of Li Ho, the opera ''No no miya'' (1988) which uses elements of

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theatre and the ''Li Ch’ing Chao Madrigals'' (1985).

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