Czech composer and pedagogue (1870-1949).
Born December 5th, 1870 in Kamenice nad Lipou. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1949 at 78 years old in Prague, Skuteč. [ref]
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde