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Karel Boleslav Jirák

Czech conductor, music educator and composer (1891–1972).

Born January 28th, 1891 in Prague. [ref]

Died January 30th, 1972 at 81 years old in Chicago. [ref]

Occupations
bandleader, composer, conductor, music theorist, opinion journalist, pedagogue, teacher, university teacher, writer

I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix