Victor Kolar

Victor Kolar (February 12, 1888 – June 16, 1957) was a Hungarian-born American composer and conductor. Kolar was born in Budapest and studied at the Prague Conservatory, where he was a pupil of Otakar Ševčík (violin) and Antonín Dvořák (composition).[1] From 1905 until 1920 he was a violinist with the Pittsburgh Symphony and New York Symphony, joining the Detroit Symphony in 1920 as an assistant conductor. He remained with the orchestra until 1941, eventually assuming the post of principal conductor. Active as a composer as well, he wrote a symphony, some tone poems and a few orchestral suites. Of these last, his Americana won first prize in a 1914 contest sponsored by the Illinois State Teachers Association.

This article is about the Hungarian-born American composer and conductor. For the Czech photographer, see Viktor Kolář.
Victor Kolar

Kolar died in Detroit in 1957.

Selected Compositions

US Citizenship

Victor Kolar became a US citizen March 19, 1906, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.[2]

Family History

Kolar was born February 12, 1888 to Jewish parents in Budapest.[3][4]

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References
  • David Ewen, Encyclopedia of Concert Music. New York; Hill and Wang, 1959.
  1. David Ewen, Dictators of the Baton, Roth Pub (February 1978)
  2. U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995
  3. Gdal Saleski, Famous Musicians of a Wandering Race, Kessinger Publishing, LLC (July 25, 2007)
  4. American Hebrew and Jewish Tribune, vol. 146, n° 9, p. 6


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