Education
From 1813 Horák attended the Prague Gymnasium while working as a choir boy and later on as a choralist at Saint Nicholas"s Church in the Malá Strana quarter.
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From 1813 Horák attended the Prague Gymnasium while working as a choir boy and later on as a choralist at Saint Nicholas"s Church in the Malá Strana quarter.
At Prague University he first read philosophy, later switching to law. The musical training from Václav Tomášek he wished for, was out of his financial reach. Only later did he become a pupil of Friedrich Dionys Weber"s and January August Vitásek"son
In 1833 he was appointed organist at the Church of Our Lady in front of Týn, choir director at Our Lady of the Snows Franciscan church in 1837, and Regens chori at Saint Adalbert"s Church in 1853.
From 1859, he returned to Our Lady Before Týn, having accepted an appointment as Liturgical musician and director there.
In his lifetime, he was made an honorary member of many musical associations and academies, e.g. the Salzburg Mozarteum.
