Miroslav Ponc
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Born 1902 in Vysoké Mýto, died 1976 in Prague. Czech composer. A pupil of Suk and Hába at the Prague Conservatory and of Schoenberg privately, he wrote avant-garde pieces in the 1920s, but subsequently devoted himself to the theatre: he conducted at the National Theatre in Prague from 1945 and wrote over 100 incidental scores. After his activity in Berlin (1922-23) independently contributed to the contemporary theme of the colour piano – for instance in his work Big Canonical Preludium. Member of Devětsil in Brno, made chromophonic compositions.
- Compositions
- Barevná hudba, 1925
- Books
- Jaromír Paclt, Miroslav Ponc: neznámá kapitola z dějin meziválečné umělecké avantgardy, Prague: Supraphon, 1990
- Articles