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Apr 24, 1907 Plzeň, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic Died on 05 Jul 1983 (aged 76)
Czech music educator and composer
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About Václav Trojan
- Václav Trojan (24 April 1907, Plzen – 5 July 1983) was a Czech composer of classical music best known for his film scores.
- Trojan studied composition at the Prague Conservatory under Jaroslav Kricka and Otakar Ostrcil from 1923 to 1927.
- He continued his studies in the composition masterclasses of Alois Hába, Josef Suk and Vítezslav Novák until 1929.
- A composer and arranger of dance and jazz music in the 1930s, he was a music director for Radio Prague from 1937 to 1945.
- After the end of World War II, Trojan composed most frequently for film, stage and radio, and developed a close association with director Jirí Trnka, earning international fame for his music for Trnka's popular animated puppet films.
- Trojan's music is mostly written in a neo-classical style, and he often drew inspiration from the traditions of Czech folk music.
- In 1940 he was given the Czech National Prize for his remarkable children’s opera Kolotoc (‘The Merry-Go-Round’), and in 1960 the K.
- Gottwald State Prize for his music for Sen noci svatojánské (‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’).
