Bohuslav Martinů, born in 1890, came from a lower-class Catholic family and needed sponsorship to attend the Prague Conservatoire, where he studied intermittently for over ten years but never graduated.
Composition History
Martinů composed his String Sextet in less than a week in May 1932, winning first prize from 145 entries, but initially thought the telegram informing him of his success was a joke.
Historical Context
Schulhoff served in the Austrian army on the Italian Front during World War I, an experience that profoundly influenced him as a man and artist.
Compositional Technique
Martinů's String Sextet combines duple, triple, quintuple, and sextuple forms, showcasing remarkable structural originality and organic unity despite its rapid composition.
Composer Biography
Schulhoff, born in Prague in 1894, was encouraged by Dvořák to study music and later received lessons from Debussy.
Composer Biography
Ervin Schulhoff, a gifted composer and pianist, died in a Bavarian concentration camp before the age of 50, and his music was largely forgotten for over forty years.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded on July 21-23, 1991, with Tryggvi Tryggvason as the Recording Engineer and Andrew Keener as the Recording Producer.
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