Josefina Brdlíková
Josefina Brdlíková née Mourková (20 March 1843 – 21 April 1910) was a translator, singer, pianist and composer. She was born in Prague, and studied music in Paris and London. She married the mayor and industrialist Jan Brdlík, who was a founder of coal tar chemical factories, and lived in Počátky until 1899.[1] In 1894 her husband opened a new branch of his business and the couple moved to Kralupy.
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Josefina Brdlíková
After her husband died, Brdlíková returned to Prague, where she studied astronomy and languages. She composed, wrote and translated, and performed as a singer and pianist. She died in Prague.[2][3]
Works
Selected works include:
- Aphorismen in Walzerform, for piano four-hands (pub. 1897)[4]
gollark: In any case, I'm a few minutes away...
gollark: My *desktop* automatically suspends to RAM when I'm away to save power.
gollark: *has no laptop*
gollark: No.
gollark: Yay?
References
- Jihočeský sborník historický: Volumes 39-41. Jihočeské muzeum České Budějovice, Jihočeská Společnost pro Zachováni Husitských Památek v Taboře. 1970.
- "Brdlíková, Josefina, 1843-1910". Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- Stloukal, Karel (1940). Královny, knéžny a velké ženy české.
- Josefina Brdlíková Výšehrad Cemetery Prague
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