Vítězslav Novák

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]

Occupations
composer, mountaineer, music educator, musician, pianist, rock climber, teacher, university teacher

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