Education
He graduated from the Hradec Králové gymnasium and studied philosophy and shortly medicine at Charles University. Also in Prague, he graduated from an organ school.
composer conductor educationist music educator organist university professor choir director
He graduated from the Hradec Králové gymnasium and studied philosophy and shortly medicine at Charles University. Also in Prague, he graduated from an organ school.
In music, especially composing, he paid attention since childhood. He signed his first works in the pseudonym Opocensky. After his studies, he made a living by teaching people music in their homes.
In the years 1854 to 1866 he was a theatre kapellmeister in Innsbruck and conductor of the town"s singing choir, and later director of the University"s cathedral.
During this time he composed six operas, some of which premiered at Innsbruck. This school was attended by such famous composers as Leoš Janáček and Josef Bohuslav Foerster.
At the same time he worked as a regenschori at a Prague cathedral, a teacher of music theory at a Czechoslovakian University, and continued studying and composing Church music to the end of his life. He died in České Budějovice where he is remembered by a street named after him.