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Vladimír Sommer (28 February 1921 in Dolní Jiřetín near Most – 8 September 1997 in Prague) was a Czech composer.

Sommer began his studies at the Prague Conservatory, where he studied violin with Bedřich Voldan and composition with Karel Janeček. He then continued his education at the Academy of Arts and Music with Pavel Bořkovec.^[1] His first job was a composition teacher, and he eventually became a professor in the Music Department of Charles University.^[1] Sommer wrote three symphonies, an overture, one cello concerto and one violin concerto, chamber music, and choral pieces. He died in 1997 in Prague.

Selected works

Sonata for two Violins, 1948
Violin Concerto in G minor, 1950
Antigone, Overture to the Tragedy of Sophocles, 1957
Vocal Symphony for Contralto, Speaker, Choir, and Orchestra, 1958
Prince Bajaja, Orchestral Suite, 1970
Symphony for Strings, 1977
Sinfonia da Requiem for Soloists, Choir, and Orchestra, 1978
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, 1979
Piano Sonata, 1980
String Quartet in B minor, 1981
String Quartet in D minor, 1955

References

^ ^a ^b Černušák, Gracián; Štědroň, Bohumír; Nováček, Zdenko, eds. (1963). Československý hudební slovník osob a institucí (in Czech and Slovak). Vol. II. M-Ž. Prague: Státní hudební vydavatelství. p. 564.