Jan Kapr (12 March 1914, in Prague â 29 April 1988, in Prague) was one of the most prolific Czech composers of the second half of the 20th century.
He studied at the Prague Conservatory, as a pupil of Jaroslav à ÂÃÂdký, and at the master school under Jaroslav Kà ÂiÃÂka. In 1939âÂÂ1946 he worked as a director in the Czechoslovak Radio. Later (in 1950âÂÂ1952) he was the chief-editor in the publishing house Orbis. In sixties he worked as a teacher at the JanáÃÂek's Academy in Brno. His work was also part of the music event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Jaroslav Smolka: Malá encyklopedie hudby. Prague: Editio Supraphon, 1983. (p. 315-316)