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class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Czech composer (1930–2024)</div> <p> <b>Karel Janovický</b> (18 February 1930 – 9 January 2024) was a Czech composer, pianist, BBC producer and administrator who lived in the United Kingdom from 1950. He was one of the youngest of the group of European <a href="/wiki/List_of_%C3%A9migr%C3%A9_composers_who_came_to_live_and_work_in_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of émigré composers who came to live and work in Britain">émigré composers</a> who came to live and work in Britain during the 1930s and 1940s to avoid persecution at home.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_and_career">Education and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karel_Janovick%C3%BD&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Janovický was born in <a href="/wiki/Plze%C5%88" title="Plzeň">Plzeň</a> as Bohuš František Šimsa. He was the son of Bohuslav Šimsa, a baritone soloist at the Plzeň Opera. Growing up under the German occupation, he studied piano from an early age and later composition with Josef Bartovský (1884–1964). In 1949 he was unsuccessful in applying to study at the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Performing_Arts_in_Prague" title="Academy of Performing Arts in Prague">Academy of Performing Arts in Prague</a> (HAMU) for political reasons. (The <a href="/wiki/1948_Czechoslovak_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état">Czech coup</a> of February 1948 had resulted in <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Czechoslovakia" title="Communist Party of Czechoslovakia">Communist Party</a> control over the Czech Government).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> So in October of that year he left with his future wife Sylva Maiwaldová for Germany, arriving a year later in England.<sup id="cite_ref-prima_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prima-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Once there he continued his studies: first at the <a href="/wiki/Surrey_College_of_Music" title="Surrey College of Music">Surrey College of Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fitznells_Manor" title="Fitznells Manor">Fitznells Manor</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ewell" title="Ewell">Ewell</a> under <a href="/wiki/Percy_Turnbull" title="Percy Turnbull">Percy Turnbull</a>; then at <a href="/wiki/The_Royal_College_of_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="The Royal College of Music">The Royal College of Music</a> where he completed a Master of Music degree; and also privately with <a href="/wiki/Matyas_Seiber" class="mw-redirect" title="Matyas Seiber">Matyas Seiber</a> (composition) and <a href="/wiki/Jan_Sedivka" title="Jan Sedivka">Jan Šedivka</a> (chamber music).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Janovický joined the <a href="/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="British Broadcasting Corporation">British Broadcasting Corporation</a> in 1964, moving to the <a href="/wiki/BBC_World_Service" title="BBC World Service">BBC World Service</a> in 1967. During the 1970s he was an occasional broadcaster under the name Jack Allen, hosting programmes of modern Czech music. From 1980 until his retirement in 1990 he managed the BBC's Czechoslovak department. </p><p>Promoting Czech music in the UK, Janovický championed performances of <a href="/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k" title="Antonín Dvořák">Dvořák</a>'s vocal compositions and operas, <a href="/wiki/Smetana" class="mw-redirect" title="Smetana">Smetana</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bartered_Bride" title="The Bartered Bride">The Bartered Bride</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Jan%C3%A1%C4%8Dek" class="mw-redirect" title="Janáček">Janáček</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Katya_Kabanova" class="mw-redirect" title="Katya Kabanova">Katya Kabanova</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Jen%C5%AFfa" title="Jenůfa">Jenůfa</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Martin%C5%AF" class="mw-redirect" title="Martinů">Martinů</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Field_Mass" title="Field Mass">Field Mass</a></i> and other works in the original Czech language. He was active in the Antonín Dvořák Society for many years.<sup id="cite_ref-dvorak_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dvorak-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He translated Czech music theory and music history texts into English, including the translation and revision of <a href="/wiki/Jaroslav_Vogel" title="Jaroslav Vogel">Jaroslav Vogel</a>'s biography of Janáček in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And he continued to coach many singers and choirs, including the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Singers" title="BBC Singers">BBC Singers</a>, in pronunciation of the Czech language.<sup id="cite_ref-dvorak_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dvorak-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karel_Janovick%C3%BD&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Janovický was a keen walker, "never happier than half way up a Scottish mountain with a favourite dog",<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was active in the <a href="/wiki/Scouting" title="Scouting">Scout Movement</a>. He died in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2024, at the age of 93. He was survived by his wife, Sylva, and children Cyril Simsa (born 1960) and Debora Cane (born 1962).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karel_Janovick%C3%BD&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Janovický was a prolific composer with over 200 works in his catalogue, ranging from opera, choral works and songs through to orchestral, string and wind ensembles, chamber music and piano works.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His earliest compositions were written while he was still in Plzeň. These include many solo piano works and a series of pieces for spoken voice and piano. </p><p>After his move to England he was awarded the Dutch <a href="/wiki/Gaudeamus_International_Composers_Award" title="Gaudeamus International Composers Award">Gaudeamus Foundation</a> composition prize for his <i>Piano Variations on the theme of Brigadier H. Smitke</i>, Op. 7.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1954 his Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 10, was premiered at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Festival_Hall" title="Royal Festival Hall">Royal Festival Hall</a> in London with Jan Šedivka soloist and the Kalmar Orchestra conducted by <a href="/wiki/Colin_Davis" title="Colin Davis">Colin Davis</a>. On 14 February 1956, he made his debut at <a href="/wiki/Wigmore_Hall" title="Wigmore Hall">The Wigmore Hall</a> with cellist Selu Trau, who also played his Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 11.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1957 he won the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 'Garland for Shakespeare' competition with his <i>Variations on a theme of Robert Johnson</i>, Op.17, which was first performed by the <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra">Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra</a> under <a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Groves" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Charles Groves">Sir Charles Groves</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-prima_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prima-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The theme is taken from <a href="/wiki/Robert_Johnson_(English_composer)" title="Robert Johnson (English composer)">Robert Johnson</a>'s <i>Where the Bee Sucks</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Utmost Sail</i> (1958) is a one act opera on a science fiction theme inspired by the launch of the satellite <a href="/wiki/Sputnik_1" title="Sputnik 1">Sputnik</a> in 1957. It concerns the crew of a space ship flying into space and watching the Earth being consumed in a nuclear holocaust.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Janovický's rate of composition slowed down considerably from the early 1960s due to his heavy work commitments at the BBC, he resumed at full pace on his retirement in 1990. His song cycle <i>A Bed of Roses</i>, words by Richard Robbins, was written for the tenor John Upperton and premiered at <a href="/wiki/Purcell_Room" title="Purcell Room">The Purcell Room</a> in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Rain Songs</i> a 2010 song cycle setting poems by the Hungarian-born poet and translator <a href="/wiki/George_Szirtes" title="George Szirtes">George Szirtes</a>, was written in memory of his teacher Mátyás Seiber.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last of a series of piano sonatas was completed in 2017. The <i>Four Houseman Songs</i>, composed in 2018, received a first performance in 2019 by Katherine Nicholson and Joan Taylor at a Dvorak Society concert. The Prazak String Quartet performed the String Quartet No 4 at <a href="/wiki/Leamington_Spa" title="Leamington Spa">Leamington</a>’s Royal Pump Rooms on 25 February 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Selected_compositions">Selected compositions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karel_Janovick%C3%BD&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Selected compositions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Opera</b>: <i>The Utmost Sail</i>, Op.22 (1958)</li> <li><b>Vocal</b>: <i>Nine Songs for Alto, Violin and Piano</i> (1951); <i>Twelve Peasant Carols of Moravia</i> (1958); <i>Three Cambridge Songs</i> (1981); <i>Passages of Flight</i> song cycle (1995); <i>A Bed of Roses</i> song cycle (1999); <i>The Corner of My Eye</i> song cycle (2002); <i>Sudiček Blues</i> (2008); <i>Rain Songs</i> (2010); <i>Four songs to words by A.E.Housman</i> (2018).</li> <li><b>Choral</b>: <i>Canons for Three Voices a cappella on sentences from Dhamapadda</i> (1951); <i>Ave Maria</i> (1996).</li> <li><b>Orchestral</b>: Two symphonies (1951, 2004); Piano Concerto (1952); Violin Concerto (1954) <i>Variations on a Theme of Robert Johnson</i> (1956); Organ Concerto (1957); Concerto for Strings (2002); Prelude and Double Fugue for Strings (2003) <i>Fantasy for Piano and String Orchestra on Motives from Dvořák's Biblical Songs</i> (2009).</li> <li><b>Chamber music</b>: 10 string quartets (between 1951 and 2018); two piano trios (1953, 2005); Trio for Guitars (1986); Piano Quartet (2015).</li> <li><b>Strings</b>: Five sonatas for violin and piano (between 1955 and 2015); two sonatas for viola and piano; two sonatas for solo cello.</li> <li><b>Wind:</b> Quintet for Flute and Strings (1956); Bass Clarinet Sonata (1984); Saxophone Quartet (1996); Bassoon Sonata (2005); Clarinet Sonata (2007); Bassoon Quartet (2013); Wind Quintet (2016).</li> <li><b>Piano</b>: 13 (?) piano sonatas (between 1947 and 2017); <i>Twelve Sentiments</i> suite (1952); <i>Tango for Time out of Mind</i> (2006)</li> <li><b>Organ</b>: Two fantasias for organ (1994, 1998)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recordings">Recordings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karel_Janovick%C3%BD&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Recordings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyKSut3KN38">Bassoon Quartet (2013), first performance by the Doune Bassoon Quartet</a> at the Rural Hall, Doune 8 May 2013.</li> <li><i>The Little Linden Pipe</i> (2016) for treble recorder, on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://divineartrecords.com/recording/rawsthorne-and-other-rarities/"><i>Rawsthorne and Other Rarities</i></a>, Divine Art DDA 25169 (2018)</li> <li><i>Passages of Flight</i> (1995) song cycle, on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/Krist%C3%BDna-Valou%C5%A1kov%C3%A1-Martin%C5%AF-Luck%C3%BD-Kabel%C3%A1%C4%8D-Janovick%C3%BD-Graham-Pokorn%C3%BD-Czech-Songs-Of-The-20th-/release/1273960"><i>Czech Songs Of The 20th Century</i></a>, Oliverius OL 0005-2 131 (1996)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zHi0vbHDtw">Piano Quartet (2015), first performance by the Dvorak Piano Quartet</a>, International Music Festival, Prague, Spring 2017.</li> <li>Quintet for Treble Recorder and String Quartet (2010), on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://primafacie.ascrecords.com/proud_recorder.html"><i>The Proud Recorder</i></a>, Prima Facie PFCD 038 (2015)</li> <li><i>Rain Songs</i> (2010), <i>Passages of Flight</i> (1995), Piano Sonata (2005), Sonata for treble recorder (2013), Quintet for recorder and strings (2010), <i>Festive Fantasia and Fugue</i> for recorder and piano (2013), on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://primafacie.ascrecords.com/rainsongs.html"><i>Rainsongs and Other Works</i>, Prima Facia PFCD060</a> (2018)</li> <li>Sonata for Harp (2000), on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.arcodiva.cz/en/publishing/catalogue/classical-music/cd-61/"><i>Contemporary Czech Music</i></a>, ArcoDiva UP 0081 (2005)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karel_Janovick%C3%BD&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://karel-janovicky.co.uk/about/">Biography, composer's website</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b07jlq39">"Cold War: Stories from the Big Freeze - Series 1 - The Czech Coup - BBC Sounds"</a>. <i>www.bbc.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Radio+Prague+International&rft.atitle=Sylva+%C5%A0imsov%C3%A1%3A+Escaping+to+freedom+all+I+thought+about+was+survival+%E2%80%93+the+fear+came+later&rft.date=2018-02-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.radio.cz%2Fsylva-simsova-escaping-freedom-all-i-thought-about-was-survival-fear-came-later-8168466&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKarel+Janovick%C3%BD" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCummings2000" class="citation book cs1">Cummings, David M. (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ez1JfIVM4ykC&dq=%22Variations+on+a+theme+of+Robert+Johnson%22&pg=PA314"><i>International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory: (in the Classical and Light Classical Fields)</i></a>. Psychology Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-948875-53-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-948875-53-3"><bdi>978-0-948875-53-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=International+Who%27s+who+in+Music+and+Musicians%27+Directory%3A+%28in+the+Classical+and+Light+Classical+Fields%29.&rft.pub=Psychology+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-948875-53-3&rft.aulast=Cummings&rft.aufirst=David+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dez1JfIVM4ykC%26dq%3D%2522Variations%2Bon%2Ba%2Btheme%2Bof%2BRobert%2BJohnson%2522%26pg%3DPA314&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKarel+Janovick%C3%BD" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dvorak-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dvorak_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dvorak_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dvorak-society.org/">"The Dvořák Society | for Czech and Slovak Music"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k+Society+%7C+for+Czech+and+Slovak+Music&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dvorak-society.org%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKarel+Janovick%C3%BD" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Leoš Janáček</i> by Jaroslav Vogel, revised and edited by Karel Janovický (1981), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://academic.oup.com/oq/article-abstract/1/2/109/1393586?redirectedFrom=PDF">reviewed by <i>Opera Quarterly</i> Vol 1, No 2, Summer 1983</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://karel-janovicky.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Buxton_announcement-1024x724.jpg">Bohuš Šimsa (Karel Janovický) 1930–2024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ian Willoughby. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://english.radio.cz/czech-born-composer-and-broadcaster-karel-janovicky-dies-93-8805510">Czech-born composer and broadcaster Karel Janovický dies at 93</a></i>, Radio Prague International</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.karel-janovicky.co.uk/list-of-works.html">Karel Janovický. List of works</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz/slovnik/index.php?option=com_mdictionary&task=record.record_detail&id=1002780">"Český hudební slovník"</a>. <i>www.ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz&rft.atitle=%C4%8Cesk%C3%BD+hudebn%C3%AD+slovn%C3%ADk&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz%2Fslovnik%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_mdictionary%26task%3Drecord.record_detail%26id%3D1002780&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKarel+Janovick%C3%BD" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Times</i>, 16 February 1956, p 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">'Contemporary Music at Bournemouth', <i>The Times</i>, 28 October 1957, p 5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://english.radio.cz/karel-janovicky-czech-sputniks-suburban-london-8610693">"Karel Janovicky - Czech sputniks in suburban London"</a>. <i>Radio Prague International</i>. 25 February 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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