Miroslav Ponc

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

• Jana Matulová, "Barevná hudba. Bakalářská diplomová práce", Brno, 2008 [1]
• Lenka Pastyříková, "Vizualizace hudby v českém meziválečném výtvarném umění" ("The Visualisation of Music in Czech Art of the Inter-War Period"), Umění (Art) 2004, vol. 52, number. 4, pgs 336-352 [2]