1 AUGUST 1908 Birth of Czech composer Miloslav KABELAC in Prague. He died in Prague, 15 JUNE 1971. Miloslav Kabeláč was a prominent Czech composer and conductor. Kabeláč was a Czech symphonists, whose work can be compared with Antonín Dvořák or Bohuslav Martinů. New ways of expression presentated by Kabeláč in his eight symphonies and the perspectives opened by him to modern understanding and conception of this traditional genre have not yet penetrated our general conscience in a way corresponding to their importance and impact. In the totalitarian period Kabeláč's work found itself on the periphery of official attention and was performed only sporadically and in a limited choice of compositions...MORE from Wikipedia Bio
