Education
Intending originally to study engineering, Chlubna switched his major and from 1914 to 1924, he studied composition with Leoš Janáček.
Intending originally to study engineering, Chlubna switched his major and from 1914 to 1924, he studied composition with Leoš Janáček.
Until 1953, he worked as a clerk. Later, he taught at the School in Brno for many years. He worked in many art organisations in Brno.
He delved into Symbolism as well.
He used the texts of symbolic Czechoslovakian poets, such as Otakar Březina, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Jaroslav Durych and others He wrote several cycles of compositions for piano and organ, as well as instrumental concerts, symphonies, ouvertures and cantatas.
He wrote many operas, often using his own librettos, such as The Revenge of Catullus based on the work of Vrchlický (1917), Alladina and Palomid (based on the work of Maeterlinck, 1925), Ňura (1932), How the Death came in the World (1936), Jiří from Kunštát and Poděbrady (based on the work of Alois Jirásek, 1941), Cradle (composed on the work of Jirásek, 1951), Eupyros (1960). He also wrote texts and articles primarily about Janáček.
Andante for Violin and Small Fantasie in C Minor for Viola and, Op.44 (1936) Concerto for Violin and, Op.75 Je krásná země má, Lyric Cantata for Chorus and
Text by F. Ve jménu života, Cantata for Chorus and, Op.94 Melancholické serenády o lásce (Melancholic Serenades of Love) for Voice and, Op.62.
Chlubna"s works can be defined by three distinct periods: Romanticism, Impressionism, all the way to the Modern Constructivism.