Talk:Karel Navrátil

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The biographical information on Karel Navratil (1867-1936) is more or less correct. However, he did not compose the chamber music listed in this entry. Most modern sources have confused him with Karl Nawratil (1836-1914). Also, the picture you have on this page is not of the composer, but of a Catholic priest of the same name. Even the source information on the photograph indicates this.

The person who wrote the chamber music listed in this entry was Karl Nawratil (1836-1914) He was born in Vienna and died there. He was trained as both a lawyer and musician. He pursued a dual career as a civil servant in the Habsburg Imperial Service and as a composer and teacher. He studied with Nottebohm, among others. His students included Eduard Schutt, Ruckauf and Mme Essipov. See Wilhelm Altmann's Handbuch fur Streichquartettspieler, Verlag M. Hesse 1928, Albert Tottmann's Fuhrer durch des Violin-Unterricht J. Schuberth, Leipzig (1886) and The New Encyclopedia of Music & Musicians edited by Waldo Selden Pratt Macmillan (1924) Also listed, but no entry, in the German Wikipedia.

As for Karel Navratil (1867-1936) was born and died in Prague. He did not complete his studies in 1915 at the age of 48 as the English entry in Wikipedia suggests. He was active in Vienna but returned to Prague in 1915 as the German entry states. He wrote the opera Hermann und Salambo, several symphonic poems including Jan Hus, Zikka, Lipany, Der weisse Berg and Zalea. He wrote a well known biography of Smetana and essays on Hugo Wolf. He was a member of the Dutch Matschappi. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Santo Neuenwelt (talk • contribs) 14:40, 12 August 2014

• Mr. Neuenwelt is quite right. There is a Wikipedia article on Nawratil - see Karl Nawratil - and the IMSLP worklist on the latter composer (at this location ) is, I think, more or less correct. I will see if I can do something to fix the list here, though. ELSchissel (talk) 02:23, 1 October 2022 (UTC)