Bohuslav Martinů

Czech composer of modernist classical music, born December 8, 1890 in Polička, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic), died August 28, 1959, Liestal, Switzerland. He wrote almost 400 opuses, including six symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. In the 1930s he experimented with expressionism and constructivism, and became an admirer of current Europ…