František Sušil
František Sušil (14 June 1804 in Rousínov – 31 May 1868 in Bystřice pod Hostýnem) was a Czech Roman Catholic priest.[1] He is most noted for his published collection of traditional Moravian folk music, Moravské národní písně, which contained 2091 songs and 2361 texts.[2] Composers who have used Sušil's melodies include Antonín Dvořák, Leoš Janáček, Vítězslav Novák and Bohuslav Martinů.[3]
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- ↑ Barton, Frances; Novak, John K. (2021). Czech Songs in Texas. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-8061-7849-3.
- ↑ Slavicky, Tomás (2022). "Melodies of Czech Broadside Ballads in the Historical Contexts of Song Culture". In Fumerton, Patricia; Kosek, Pavel; Hanzelková, Marie (eds.). Czech Broadside Ballads as Text, Art, Song in Popular Culture, c.1600–1900. Translated by Hopkinson, Christopher James; Fumerton, Patricia. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. pp. 271–72.
- ↑ Novak, John K. (1999). "What's Folk about Janáček?: The Transformation of Folk Music Concepts in Janáček's Mature Orchestral Works". International Journal of Musicology (8): 242 – via JSTOR.
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