Václav Dobiáš, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Václav Dobiáš

Czech politician, music educator, composer, professor, choirmaster and university educator

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1909

Place of Birth: Radčice, Liberec Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 22-May-1978

Profession: composer, politician, conductor, choir director, pedagogue, university teacher

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Václav Dobiáš (22 September 1909 – 18 May 1978) was a Czech composer. Dobiáš was born in Radcice, Bohemia.
He studied in Prague with Josef Bohuslav Foerster and then at the Prague Conservatory under Vítezslav Novák.
Many of his early works show considerable influence from folk music.
Later in his life he became interested in quarter tone composition, especially after studying with Alois Hába.
After working in the Czech Ministry of Information, he became professor at the Prague Academy of Music in 1950.
Some of his 1940s and 1950s works, especially his cantatas, were written in praise of communism.He died in Prague.