Emil Votoček was a Czechoslovakian chemist, composer and music theorist.
Education
Votoček studied at the Czechoslovakian Institute of Technology later in Mulhouse and received his Doctor of Philosophy with Bernhard Tollens at the University of Göttingen for his chemistry of sugar. Then he studied music with František Špilka for six years.
Career
He is noted for his chemistry textbooks and multilingual dictionaries in both chemistry and music In 1895 he returned to the Czechoslovakian Institute of Technology where he became lecturer and professor in 1907. His academic career ended with the closure of the institute by the Nazis in 1939.
His chemistry career kept him from doing anything about his interest in music until the age of thirty.
But his other work again intervened, for a further 25 years. From his early 60s through to his mid 70s, he wrote about 60 works, including five orchestral works, much chamber music, piano sonatas and pieces, and songs.
He also compiled a Czechoslovakian dictionary of French and Italian musical terms.
Membership
He held six honorary doctorates and was an honorary member of various corporations and societies.